Cover of Mystery Tales (Black Cat / Fall of the House of Usher / Gold-Bug / Ligeia / Masque of the Red Death / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Oval Portrait / Purloined Letter / William Wilson)

Mystery Tales (Black Cat / Fall of the House of Usher / Gold-Bug / Ligeia / Masque of the Red Death / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Oval Portrait / Purloined Letter / William Wilson)

  • 2003 first published
  • 188 pages

Edgar Allan Poe's Mystery Tales (Black Cat / Fall of the House of Usher / Gold-Bug / Ligeia / Masque of the Red Death / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Oval Portrait / Purloined Letter / William Wilson) (2003) is a gothic fiction and horror novel. Much of the action takes place in Paris and England. Characters include William Wilson, Prince Prospero and C. Auguste Dupin. Key subjects include Aristocracy, abbeys, daggers and hematidrosis.

It runs to roughly 188 pages — 3–4 hours of reading at an average pace.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Tropes

Setting

Characters

Subjects

  • Aristocracy
  • Abbeys
  • American horror tales
  • Children's fiction
  • Daggers
  • Gothic fiction
  • Hematidrosis
  • Horror
  • Horror fiction
  • Horror stories
  • Horror tales
  • Juvenile audience
  • Masquerade balls
  • Nobility
  • Plagues
  • Shrouds

Quick answers

Who wrote Mystery Tales (Black Cat / Fall of the House of Usher / Gold-Bug / Ligeia / Masque of the Red Death / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Oval Portrait / Purloined Letter / William Wilson)?

Mystery Tales (Black Cat / Fall of the House of Usher / Gold-Bug / Ligeia / Masque of the Red Death / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Oval Portrait / Purloined Letter / William Wilson) was written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 2003.

What genre is Mystery Tales (Black Cat / Fall of the House of Usher / Gold-Bug / Ligeia / Masque of the Red Death / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Oval Portrait / Purloined Letter / William Wilson)?

It is usually shelved as Gothic Fiction, Horror and Dragon Fiction.

How long is Mystery Tales (Black Cat / Fall of the House of Usher / Gold-Bug / Ligeia / Masque of the Red Death / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Oval Portrait / Purloined Letter / William Wilson)?

The median edition has 188 pages, about 3–4 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

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