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Best Short Stories of Edgar Allen Poe

This volume contains a collection of some of the best short stories ever written by Edgar Allan Poe.

A master of the macabre, Poe exhibits his literary prowess in these classic short stories.

Contained within this volume are the following: eleonora, the black cat, the masque of the Red death, the house of usher, the masque of the Red death, the murders in the Rue morg, the pit and the pendulum and the assignation.

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