A collection of twenty-four illustrated stories by the nineteenth-century American writer best known for his tales of horror.

The tell-tale heart -- The assignation -- The island of the fay -- Some words with a mummy -- The premature burial -- The cask of Amontillado -- The murders in the Rue Morgue -- The mystery of Marie Roget -- The purloined letter -- A descent into the maelstrom -- The imp of the perverse -- The pit and the pendulum -- Silence-a fable -- Shadow-a parable -- The masque of the Red Death -- The domain of Arnheim -- The balloon hoax -- Berenice -- The facts in the case of M. Valdemar -- The thousand-and second tale of scheherazade -- The oval portrait -- MS. found in a bottle -- The oblong box -- The fall of the House of Usher.