At length for my seared and writhing body there was. Tales of Mystery & Imagination (Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural) Paperback Februby Edgar Allan Poe (Author) 117 ratings See all formats and editions Paperback 6.99 44 Used from 2.33 25 New from 5.14 1 Collectible from 35.53 Tales of Mystery & Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe.

Focussing on the internal conflict of individuals, the power of the dead over the living, and psychological explorations of darker human emotion that appear to anticipate Sigmund Freud's later theories on the psyche, Poe's Gothic terror stories are considered masterpieces the world over. I shrank back- but the closing walls pressed me resistlessly onward. Over 150 years after his death the stories of Edgar Allan Poe continue to intrigue and entrance. Considered to be one of the earliest American writers to encapsulate the genre of detective-fiction, the collection features some of his most popular tales.'The Gold-Bug' is the only tale that was popular in his lifetime, whereas 'The Black Cat', 'The Pit and the Pendulum' and 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' became more widely read after his death. 'Yet I am not more sure that my soul lives, than I am that perverseness is one of the primitive impulses of the human heart - one of the indivisible primary faculties, or sentiments, which gives direction to the character of Man.' Including Poe's most terrifying, grotesque and haunting short stories, Tales of Mystery and Imagination is the ultimate collection of the infamous author's macabre works. Director Roger Vadim, Screenplay Roger Vadim, Clement Biddlewood & Pascal Cousin, Based on the Short Story by Edgar Allan Poe, Photography Claude Renoir, Music Jean Prodomides, Art Direction Fabrizio Clerici. Mystery and Imagination is a British television anthology series of classic horror and supernatural dramas. HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.

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