Tales of Mystery and Imagination (The Folio Society)

xiii, 302 pp. Black cloth, silver titles. Edited, with an introduction, by Herbert van Thal, with monotype illustrations by Michael Ayrton. Edgar Allan Poe was a master of horror literature. While underappreciated in his time, Poe is now recognized as a literary genius whose gothic tales continue to intrigue and entrance. Tales of Mystery and the Imagination brings together his most haunting and celebrated short stories. Includes: Metzengerstein; MS Found in a Bottle; Berenice; Morella; King Pest; Ligeia; Fall of the House of Usher; William Wilson; Murders in the Rue Morgue; A Descent into the Maelstrom; The Oval Portrait; The Masque of the Red Death; The Mystery of Marie Roget; The Pit and the Pendulum; The Tell-Tale Heart; The Gold Bug; The Black Cat; The Premature Burial; The Purloined Letter; The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar; The Cask of Amontillado.