Portable Edgar Allan Poe

<i>The Portable Edgar Allan Poe</i> compiles Poe's greatest writings: tales of fantasy terror death revenge murder and mystery including The Pit and the Pendulum The Fall of the House of Usher The Cask of Amontillado The Masque of the Red Death and The Murders in the Rue Morgue the world's first detective story. In addition this volume offers letters articles criticism visionary poetry and a selection of random opinions on fancy and the imagination music and poetry intuition and sundry other topics. <p/>For more than seventy years Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1700 titles Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.