The horrors of the Spanish Inquisition, with its dungeon of death, and the overhanging gloom on the House of Usher demonstrate unforgettably the unique imagination of Edgar Allan Poe. Unerringly, he touches upon some of our greatest nightmares - premature burial, ghostly transformation and words from beyond the grave. Written in the 1830s and 1840s, they have retained their power to shock and frighten even now. INCLUDED IN The Fall of the House of Usher and other tales of mystery and imagination * The Pit and the Pendulum * The Tel-Tale Heart * The Masque of the Red Death * Ligeia * The Raven * The Cask of Amontillado * The Fall of the House of Usher * The Black Cat * The Premature Burial * The Facts in the Case of M Valdemar