Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Poe, Edgar Allan
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. `Yet I am not more sure that my soul lives, than I am that perverseness is one of the primitive impulses of the human heart - one of the indivisible primary faculties, or sentiments, which gives direction to the character of Man.` Including Poe`s most terrifying, grotesque and haunting short stories, Tales of Mystery and Imagination is the ultimate collection of the infamous author`s macabre works. Considered to be one of the earliest American writers to encapsulate the genre of detective-fiction, the collection features some of his most popular tales.`The Gold-Bug` is the only tale that was popular in his lifetime, whereas `The Black Cat`, `The Pit and...
ISBN: 978-0-00-742022-3
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: август 2011
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