This hair-raising collection includes eight of the most ingenious and gripping tales by the great master of suspense and creator of the American Gothic horror story. Includes "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Tell-Tale Heart," "William Wilson," "The Pit and the Pendulum," "The Cask of Amontillado," "The Gold-Bug," "The Purloined Letter," and "The Murders in the Rue Morgue."