Selected Tales(1832)

Edgar Allan Poe

🎧Listening Length = 7 hours and 37 minutes
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, and to probe the dark depths of the human psyche. All the stories in this volume push back the boundaries, making the improbable possible, the familiar terrifying and strange.

Contents:

9 • Introduction (Selected Tales) • essay by John Curtis
19 • The Duc de L'Omelette • [Tales of the Folio Club] • (1832) • shortstory (variant of The Duke de L'Omelette)
23 • MS. Found in a Bottle • [Tales of the Folio Club] • (1833) • shortstory
35 • The Assignation • [Tales of the Folio Club] • (1834) • shortstory (variant of The Visionary)
48 • Ligeia • (1838) • shortstory
65 • How to Write a Blackwood Article • (1838) • shortstory (variant of The Psyche Zenobia)
76 • The Fall of the House of Usher • (1839) • shortstory
96 • William Wilson • (1839) • novelette (variant of William Wilson: A Tale)
118 • The Murders in the Rue Morgue • [Chevalier Dupin] • (1841) • novelette
154 • A Descent into the Maelström • (1841) • shortstory
172 • The Island of the Fay • (1841) • shortstory
178 • The Colloquy of Monos and Una • (1841) • shortstory
188 • The Oval Portrait • (1842) • shortstory
192 • The Masque of the Red Death • (1842) • shortstory (variant of The Mask of the Red Death)
199 • The Mystery of Marie Rogêt • [Chevalier Dupin] • (1842) • novella
251 • The Pit and the Pendulum • (1842) • shortstory
267 • The Tell-Tale Heart • (1843) • shortstory
273 • The Gold-Bug • (1843) • novelette
311 • The Black Cat • (1843) • shortstory
322 • The Premature Burial • (1844) • shortstory
337 • The Purloined Letter • [Chevalier Dupin] • (1844) • novelette
357 • The Imp of the Perverse • (1845) • shortstory
364 • The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar • (1845) • shortstory
374 • The Cask of Amontillado • [Fortunado] • (1846) • shortstory
382 • The Domain of Arnheim • (1842) • shortstory (variant of The Landscape-Garden)
399 • Von Kempelen and His Discovery • (1849) • shortstory