Classic / British EnglishEdgar Allan Poe, ‘the father of the detective story’ and a master of horror, is one of the greatest American short story writers. In these stories we meet people struggling with fear, revenge, mental illness and death. Which of them will win – and which will lose – their battles?
Records the courage and self-reliance of an Indian girl who lived alone for eighteen years on an isolated island off the California coast.
It is the summer of 1900 and Leo is staying with his friend Marcus. Leo likes Marcus's beautiful older sister, Marian very much. He becomes a secret messenger for her and a local farmer. But when he realizes what the messages they send each other are about, he is shocked and confused.
This collection of Poe's best stories contains all the terrifying and bewildering tales that characterize his work. As well as the Gothic horror of such famous stories as The Pit and the Pendulum, The Fall o/ the House o/ usher, The Premature Burial and TIIC Tell-Tale Heart, all of Poe's Auguste Dupin stories are included. These are the first modern detective stories, and include The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Mystery of Marie Roget and The Purloined Letter. --back cover
Depicts the joyless existences of the citizens of the imaginary mid-Victorian city of Coketown, whose workers toil endlessly for factory owner Josiah Bounderby, and whose students drudge for utilitarian educator Thomas Gradgrind