This volume contains a wonderful collection of some of Edgar Allan Poe's finest writings, including: [ The Purloined Letter [ The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade [ A Descent Into the Maelstrom [ Von Kempelen and his Discovery [ Mesmeric Revelation [ The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar [ The Black Cat [ The Fall of the House of Usher [ Silene- A Fable [ The Masque of the Red Death [ The Cask of Amontillado [ The Imp of the Perverse [ The Island of the Fay [ The Assignation [ The Pit and the Pendulum [ The Premature Burial [ The Domain of Arnheim [ The Landor's Cottage [ William Wilson [ The Tell-Tale Heart [ Berenice [ Eleonora