The undisputed master of terror and mystery, Edgar Allan Poe was a unique inventor in fiction.
In ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’ and ‘The Black Cat’ he wrote the first and best tales of terror; with ‘The Murders in the Rue Morgue’ and his fictional detective M. Dupin he invented the detective story; and tales such as ‘MS. Found in a Bottle’ and ‘Von Kempelen and His Discovery’ pioneered modern science-fiction.
As readers will discover, Poe possessed an unrivalled capacity to create atmosphere and suspense, …
