The eerie tales of Edgar Allan Poe remain among the most brilliant and influential works in American literature. Some of the celebrated tales contained in this unique volume include: the world's first two detective stories -- "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and "The Purloined Letter"; and three stories sure to make a reader's hair stand on end -- "The Cask of Amontillado" "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Masque of the Red Death". -- Includes a New Introduction by Stephen Marlowe author of The Memoirs of Christopher Columbus and The Lighthouse at the End of the World -- The Signet Classic Edition of "The Fall of the House of Usher" has over 250 000 copies in print!