Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)

Reprint. Originally published in 1998

MS. Found in a bottle -- Berenicë -- Morella -- Ligeia -- Man that was used up -- The fall of the House of Usher -- William Wilson -- The man of the crowd -- The murders in Rue Morgue -- Eleonora -- The masque of the Red Death -- The pit and the pendulum -- The mystery of Marie Rogêt -- The tell-tale heart -- The gold-bug -- The black cat -- A tale of the ragged mountains -- The purloined letter -- The system of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether -- The Imp of the perverse -- The cask of Amontillado -- The domain of Arnheim -- Hop-frog -- Von Kempelen and his discovery

This critical edition selects 24 of Poe's tales and places the most popular ones alongside less well-known travel narratives, metaphysical essays and political satires