This second volume gathers stories by Edgar Allan Poe, including detective tales, Gothic horror, and psychological sketches. Across mysteries, strange discoveries, and hauntings, Poe explores guilt, fear, and reason. Listen for the precise prose and unsettling atmosphere that shaped modern short fiction.
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Cover of the original edition (Project Gutenberg, public domain).
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Opening of the book
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe The Raven Edition VOLUME II. Contents THE PURLOINED LETTER THE THOUSAND-AND-SECOND TALE OF SCHEHERAZADE A DESCENT INTO THE MAELSTROM. VON KEMPELEN AND HIS DISCOVERY MESMERIC REVELATION THE FACTS IN THE CASE OF M. VALDEMAR THE BLACK CAT. THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER SILENCE—A FABLE
THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH.
THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO.
THE IMP OF THE PERVERSE
THE ISLAND OF THE FAY
THE ASSIGNATION
THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM
THE PREMATURE BURIAL
THE DOMAIN OF ARNHEIM
LANDOR’S COTTAGE
WILLIAM WILSO
THE TELL-TALE HEART.
BERENICE
ELEONORA
NOTES TO THE SECOND VOLUME
[Redactor’s Note—Some endnotes are by Poe and some were added by Griswold. In this volume the notes are at the end.]
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