The eerie tales of Edgar Allan Poe remain among the most brilliant and influential works in American literature. Some of the celebrated tales contained in this unique volume include: the world's first two detective stories -- The Murders in the Rue Morgue and The Purloined Letter; and three stories sure to make a reader's hair stand on end -- The Cask of Amontillado, The Tell-Tale Heart, and The Masque of the Red Death.

Includes a New Introduction by Stephen Marlowe, author of The Memoirs of Christopher Columbus and The Lighthouse at the End of the World.

The Signet Classic Edition of "The Fall of the House of Usher" has over 250,000 copies in print!