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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins The Limited
ISBN-100007420226
ISBN-139780007420223
eBay Product ID (ePID)14066154837
Product Key Features
Book TitleTales of Mystery and Imagination
Number of Pages512 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2011
TopicClassics, Thrillers / Psychological, Mystery & Detective / Traditional
GenreFiction
AuthorEdgar Allan Poe
Book SeriesCollins Classics Ser.
FormatUk- a Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight9.9 Oz
Item Length7 in
Item Width4.4 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
SynopsisThis is a collection of 29 of Edgar Allan Poe's best-known stories, along with some of his more obscure tales. In these chilling stories, Poe's macabre imagination explores the darkest corners of the human mind and the furthest reaches of the paranormal., 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 the Pendulum' and 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' became more widely read after his death. Focussing on the internal conflict of individuals, the power of the dead over the living, and psychological explorations of darker human emotion that appear to anticipate Sigmund Freud's later theories on the psyche, Poe's Gothic terror stories are considered masterpieces the world over.
LC Classification NumberPS2612
