Selected TalesOxford University Press, 1980 - 316 pagine This new selection of 24 tales places the most popular--"The Fall of the House of Usher", "The Masque of the Red Death", "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", and "The Purloined Letter"--alongside less well-known travel narratives, metaphysical essays, and political satires. |
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