Anthology of extraordinary short stories (paperback edition)

Anthology of horror stories by the great author Edgar Allan Poe, considered the inventor of detective fiction.

""Magician of letters who had intuited immortal truths and was endowed with the divine faculty of conjuring up super-earthly emotions."" Charles Baudelaire

""One of the most notable literary figures of English America. Delirium and the clarity of the fixation of that delirium merge."" Fernando Pessoa

Anthology of extraordinary short stories , a collection originally organized by Brenno Silveira for Civilização Brasileira, brings together 13 suspense short stories by Edgar Allan Poe: The Fall of the House of Usher, The Cask of Amontillado, The Black Cat, Berenice, Manuscript Found in a Bottle, William Wilson, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Mystery of Marie Rogêt, The Purloined Letter, Metzengerstein, Never Bet Your Head with the Devil, The Duke of L'Omelette and The Pit and the Pendulum.

One of the pioneers of mystery stories, Poe applied the technique of "unity of effect" to his texts, holding the reader's attention from the very beginning. The funereal and terrifying atmosphere is a hallmark of Edgar Allan Poe's work. This collection of extraordinary tales is a fundamental work of global horror literature.