Description There was much of the beautiful, much of the wanton, much of the bizarre, and not a little of that which might have excited disgust.? Edgar Allan Poe wrote the passage above to describe the interior decor of Prince Prospero?s castle in ?The Masque of the Red Death,? but he might just as easily have written it to describe the contents of this book. Its nineteen stories abound with characters?among them gibbering madmen, ominous doppelgangers, walled-up victims, and living-dead corpses?whose experiences are colored by the emotional responses Poe hoped to evoke. Consider, if you will, the following tales of terror and madness: The Fall of the House of Usher. The melancholy House of Usher was a crumbling pile whose sad decline was but a mirror of its family?s psychic state. The Masque of the Red Death. The pestilence came like a thief in the night, and Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all. The Tell-Tale Heart. The murderer protested that he wasn?t mad. His gruesome crime proved otherwise. The Black Cat. Murder will out, as a consequence of what?s been walled in. The Premature Burial. There are certain themes of which the interest is all absorbing, but which are too entirely horrible for the purposes of legitimate fiction. Or are they? The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar. A mesmeric trance forestalled the worst ravages of the patient?s death?but it could do so only for so long. The Cask of Amontillado. The unthinkable fate that awaited Fortunato in the nitre-crusted catacombs beneath the river?s bed only proved that he was the most ill-named of victims. Hop-Frog. The last jest of the man in motley was hideous?and truly no laughing matter. The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. A stowaway?s lot is never 5.90(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.50(d), 440 pages Thank you for looking! Please check my other "Treasure Books" Shipping I offer a free shipping via Media mail within USA . If you would like to upgrade to Priority mail( at extra cost) please contact us before making a purchase. All items are carefully packed in boxes and posted within 1-3 business days. We dont make changes to the shipping addresses after the order was placed. Please make sure the shipping information is correct before placing an order. Thank you No additional import charges at delivery will be imposed if the item is shipped through the's Global Shipping Program which includes international tracking. If the item is shipped through other than the's Global Shipping Program buyers in certain countries are responsible for the import charges at delivery. These are not included in the shipping cost. Returns If there is something wrong with the item or it was damaged in shipping process buyer needs to send us pictures of the damage and we will start return/ exchange process from there. Thank you Images sell! Get Supersized Images Free Image Hosting Create your brand with Auctiva's Customizable Templates. Attention Sellers - Get Templates Image Hosting, Scheduling at Auctiva.com. Track Page Views With Auctiva's FREE Counter