Tales Of Mystery And Imagination - Hardcover

Poe, Edgar Allan

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9780785824527: Tales Of Mystery And Imagination

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0785824529 ISBN 13: 9780785824527

Publisher: Chartwell Books, 2008

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Over 150 years after his death the stories of Edgar Allan Poe continue to intrigue and entrance. Master of the fantastic and the macabre, Poe takes readers on a journey beyond the limits of the imagination to realms where anything is possible.

This handsome collection of 29 of Poe’s best-known tales—including “The Fall of the House of Usher” and “The Murders in Rue Morgue”—is accompanied by the drawings of acclaimed Art Nouveau designer Harry Clarke. Poe and Clark were kindred spirits in artistic daring and this marriage of their work makes a perfect union.

Edgar Allan Poe was a pioneer of the short story genre, and his Tales of Mystery and Imagination have an inimitable gothic atmosphere. Some additional tales included in this classic collection are “Berenice,” “The Assassination,” “A Descent into the Maelstrom,” “The Masque of the Red Death,” “The Tell-Tale Heart,” and “The Premature Burial.” This oversized, finely designed hardcover edition is a perfect gift for classic literature buffs.

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Review:

Award-winning fantasy illustrator Gary Kelley writes, "I have selected three of Edgar Allan Poe's best short stories.... I chose 'The Fall of the House of Usher' for its classic Gothic images and its dark, melancholic central characters, including the house itself. 'The Black Cat' is ... appealing to me for its use of mystery and foreboding that takes us to a horrifying climax. 'The Cask of Amontillado' ... my personal favorite, [is] a simple narrative of revenge set in the contrasting worlds of carnival and catacomb." Click on the book's cover for a closer look, but the reproduction doesn't really do justice to the richness of color in Kelley's shadowy, atmospheric paintings. (The cat's eye is green, and its tongue is pink.) This gorgeous edition has 20 full- and double-page paintings, including a melancholy portrait of Poe; each page of text is surrounded by subtle decorative frames. The images of Roderick and Madeleine Usher are especially effective.

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