Stories of Mystery and Suspense B2

Edgar Allan Poe

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“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.”  

 In this reader you will find nine of Edgar Allan Poe’s most famous stories of mystery and suspense. They range from Gothic historical stories such as The Pit and the Pendulum, through to detective fiction like The Murders in the Rue Morgue and an early science fiction tale - A Descent into the Maelström. Ghostly mysteries such as Ligeia and The Fall of the House of Usher are also in the collection along with Poe’s masterpiece study of madness The Tell- Tale Heart.