Gothic FictionHorrorCircus & Carnival

Selected Stories of Poe (Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar / Fall of the House of Usher / Gold-Bug / Hop-Frog / Ligeia / Man of the Crowd / Masque of the Red Death / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym / Pit and the Pendulum / Purloined Letter / Tell-Tale Heart / William Wilson)

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  • 1993 first published
  • 569 pages
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Edgar Allan Poe's Selected Stories of Poe (Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar / Fall of the House of Usher / Gold-Bug / Hop-Frog / Ligeia / Man of the Crowd / Masque of the Red Death / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym / Pit and the Pendulum / Purloined Letter / Tell-Tale Heart / William Wilson) (1993) is a gothic fiction and horror story collection. The story is set in Paris and Toledo, in Carnival. Characters include William Wilson, Father Time and Prince Prospero. It deals with Aristocracy, crime, first-person narrative and Homicide.

It runs to roughly 569 pages — 10–11 hours of reading at an average pace.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Tropes

Setting

Era

Characters

Subjects

  • Aristocracy
  • American Horror tales
  • Children's fiction
  • Classic Literature
  • Crime
  • Crime fiction
  • Detective and mystery stories
  • First-person narrative
  • Gothic fiction
  • Homicide
  • Horror
  • Horror fiction
  • Horror stories
  • Horror tales
  • Hyperesthesia
  • Murder

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Who wrote Selected Stories of Poe (Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar / Fall of the House of Usher / Gold-Bug / Hop-Frog / Ligeia / Man of the Crowd / Masque of the Red Death / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym / Pit and the Pendulum / Purloined Letter / Tell-Tale Heart / William Wilson)?

Selected Stories of Poe (Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar / Fall of the House of Usher / Gold-Bug / Hop-Frog / Ligeia / Man of the Crowd / Masque of the Red Death / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym / Pit and the Pendulum / Purloined Letter / Tell-Tale Heart / William Wilson) was written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1993.

What genre is Selected Stories of Poe (Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar / Fall of the House of Usher / Gold-Bug / Hop-Frog / Ligeia / Man of the Crowd / Masque of the Red Death / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym / Pit and the Pendulum / Purloined Letter / Tell-Tale Heart / William Wilson)?

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

How long is Selected Stories of Poe (Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar / Fall of the House of Usher / Gold-Bug / Hop-Frog / Ligeia / Man of the Crowd / Masque of the Red Death / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym / Pit and the Pendulum / Purloined Letter / Tell-Tale Heart / William Wilson)?

The median edition has 569 pages, about 10–11 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

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