Haunted castles, dark mirrors : on the Penguin horror series / by Guillermo Del Toro -- Introduction / by S.T. Joshi -- A note on the texts -- Tales: Metzengerstein ; Ms. found in a bottle ; Shadow : a parable ; Silence : a fable ; BereniceĢ ; Morella ; Ligeia ; The fall of the House of Usher ; William Wilson ; The conversation of Eiros and Charmion ; The man of the crowd ; A descent into the maelstroĢm ; The colloquy of Monos and Una ; Eleonora ; The oval portrait ; The masque of the red death ; The pit and the pendulum ; The tell-tale heart ; The black cat ; The premature burial ; Some words with a mummy ; The imp of the perverse ; The facts in the case of M. Valdemar ; The cask of Amontillado ; Hop-Frog -- Poems: Dreams ; Spirits of the dead ; A dream ; Sonnet : to science ; Fairy-land ; [Alone] ; Fairy Land [II] ; The valley of unrest ; The city in the sea ; Sonnet : silence ; Lenore ; Dream-Land ; The raven ; Ulalme : a ballad ; The bells ; A dream within a dream ; For Annie ; Eldorado ; Annabel Lee.
Summary:
This anthology of work from the master of mystery and the macabre includes The Tell Tale Heart and is one of six titles in a series of classic horror tales hand-picked by award-winning director Guillermo del Toro.
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