Gold-Bug and Other Tales Paperback - 1991
by Poe, Edgar Allen
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- Title Gold-Bug and Other Tales
- Author Poe, Edgar Allen
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Unabridged
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 128
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Dover Publications, New York
- Date 1991-06-01
- Features Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 45929271
- ISBN 9780486268750 / 0486268756
- Weight 0.24 lbs (0.11 kg)
- Dimensions 8.36 x 5.2 x 0.35 in (21.23 x 13.21 x 0.89 cm)
- Ages 11 to UP years
- Grade levels 6 - UP
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Library of Congress subjects Horror tales, American
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 91011311
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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From the rear cover
Recognized today as the undisputed master of the American Gothic horror story, Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) revealed his genius in tales of death, terror, evil, and perversity. Highly skilled in achieving a calculated psychological effect, Poe created chilling fictional nightmares permeated by mysterious forces, grotesque creatures, and improbable hallucinations.
Poe's immense powers as a storyteller are at their peak in this anthology containing nine of his best-known short stories. Among them are "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," a gripping 19th-century detective story that provided a model for future mystery writers; "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Masque of the Red Death," pervaded with eerie thoughts, impulses, and fears; "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Cask of Amontillado," masterpieces of wickedness and crime; "The Pit and the Pendulum," with its agonizing specter of imminent and horrifying death; and "The Gold-Bug," a fascinating detective story that combines romance and adventure in an absorbing tale of buried treasure.
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Citations
- New Yorker (The), 04/27/2009, Page 65