This selection of Poe's critical writings, short fiction and poetry demonstrates an intense interest in aesthetic issues and the astonishing power and imagination with which he probed the darkest corners of the human mind. The Fall of the House of Usher describes the final hours of a family tormented by tragedy and the legacy of the past. In The Tell Tale Heart, a murderer's insane delusions threaten to betray him, while stories such as The Pit and the Pendulum and The Cask of Amontillado explore extreme states of decadence, fear and hate.
| ISBN: | 9780141190624 |
| Publication date: | 4th June 2009 |
| Author: | Edgar Allan Poe, Peter Ackroyd |
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 237 pages |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
| Genres: |
Classic fiction: general and literary Shorter Reads Anthologies: general |
This selection of Poe's critical writings, short fiction and poetry demonstrates an intense interest in aesthetic issues and the astonishing power and imagination with which he probed the darkest corners of the human mind. The Fall of the House of Usher describes the final hours of a family tormented by tragedy and the legacy of the past. In The Tell Tale Heart, a murderer's insane delusions threaten to betray him, while stories such as The Pit and the Pendulum and The Cask of Amontillado explore extreme states of decadence, fear and hate.
The Pit and the Pendulum features in the following genres: Classic fiction: general and literary, Shorter Reads, Anthologies: general
The Pit and the Pendulum is available in Paperback
The Pit and the Pendulum was written by Edgar Allan Poe, Peter Ackroyd and published by Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
The Pit and the Pendulum has 237 pages
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