13 Tales of Terror by Edgar Allan Poe

Illustrated Anthology includes: The Black Cat, The Cask of Amontillado, A Descent into the Maelstrom, The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar,The Fall of The House of Usher, Hop-Frog, Loss of Breath, The Masque of the Red Death, The Murders in the Rue Morgue. The Oblong Box, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Raven,The Tell-Tale Heart, Special BONUS: Chronology Of Poe's Life by Sherwin Cody

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Gr. 6-9. This collection includes six of Poe's most famous tales, unabridged: "The Masque of Red Death," "The Black Cat," "The Pit and the Pendulum," "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Cask of Amontillado," and "The Fall of the House of Usher." In the introduction, McCurdy discusses of Poe's life and remarks on the darkness of Poe's nature, reflected in his work, and the physical darkness of his world after sundown, reflected in the illustrations. The 18 full-page, black-and-white scratchboard-style pictures are suitably dramatic and often macabre. This handsome volume, to be accompanied by a CD that features readings of four of the tales, offers a good introduction to Poe's fiction. Carolyn PhelanCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved

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Michael McCurdy is a renown wood engraver whose illustrations appear in magazines, annual reports, advertising, special limited editions, and in children’s books such as American Tall Tales by Mary Pope Osborne and Escape from Slavery: The Boyhood of Frederick Douglass in His Own Words. Michael McCurdy lives in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.From the Hardcover edition.

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