The Fall of the House of Usher/The Pit & the Pendulum/Other Tales of Mystery & Imagination (Classic Fiction)
The horrors of the Spanish Inquisition, with its dungeon of death, and the overhanging gloom on the House of Usher demonstrate unforgettably the unique imagination of Edgar Allan Poe. Unerringly, he touches upon some of our greatest nightmares - premature burial, ghostly transformation and words...
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The horrors of the Spanish Inquisition, with its dungeon of death, and the overhanging gloom on the House of Usher demonstrate unforgettably the unique imagination of Edgar Allan Poe. Unerringly, he touches upon some of our greatest nightmares - premature burial, ghostly transformation and words from beyond the grave. Written in the 1840s, they have retained their power to shock and frighten even now.
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Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9789626342831 (9626342838)
Publish date: April 1st 2003
Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks
Edition language: English
I reviewed each of the stories read on this audiobook individually, so I'll just review this collection and this audiobook. The collection of stories compiled here were a good mixture of some of Poe's more famous works, and some of his lesser-known titles, which I appreciated. Unfortunately, when ...