Tales of Mystery & Imagination

This collection of PoeΓÇÖs work contains some of the most exciting and haunting stories ever written. They range from the poetic to the mysterious to the darkly comic,yet all possess the genius for the grotesque that defines PoeΓÇÖs writing. They are peopled with neurotics and social outcastsobsessed with nameless terrors or preoccupied with seemingly insoluble mysteries. ΓÇÿThe Tell-Tale HeartΓÇÖ and ΓÇÿThe Fall of the House of UsherΓÇÖ are key works in the horror canonwhile in the ΓÇÿThe Murders in the Rue MorgueΓÇÖ and ΓÇÿThe Mystery of Marie RogetΓÇÖ we find the origins modern detective fiction. Collectivelythese tales represent the best of Edgar Allan PoeΓÇÖs prose work before his premature death in 1849. With an afterword by Jonty Claypole. Designed to appeal to the bookloverthe Macmillan Collector’s Library is a series of beautifully bound gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real clothprinted on high quality paperand featuring ribbon markers and gilt edgesMacmillan Collector’s Library are books to love and treasure.