Ten Stranger Tales

Eldritch lovers, gothic grotesques and a homicidal jester are among the characters issued from the imagination of one of the great American tale-spinners of the nineteenth century. Horror, humor and mystery intertwine in this collection of ten of Edgar Allan Poe's more esoteric short stories. The Stories:"e;Ligeia"e; was originally published in the September 18, 1838 issue of American Museum. The poem "e;The Conqueror Worm,"e; first published in Graham's Magazine in 1843, was added to the text of "e;Ligeia"e; in 1845. "e;Berenice"e; was originally published in the March 1835 edition of Southern Literary Messenger.. "e;Morella"e; was originally published in the April 1835 edition of Southern Literary Messenger. "e;The Assignation"e; was originally published as "e;The Visionary"e; in the January 1834 edition of Lady's Book. "e;The Sphinx"e; was originally published in the January 1846 issue of Arthur's Ladies' Magazine. "e;King Pest"e; was originally published in the September 1835 edition of Southern Literary Messenger.. "e;Hop-Frog"e; was originally published in the March 17, 1849 issue of The Flag of Our Union. "e;Shadow-A Parable"e; was originally published in the September 1835 edition of Southern Literary Messenger. "e;Silence-A Fable"e; was originally published as "e;Siope,-A Fable"e; in The Baltimore Book-A Christmas and New-Year's Present (Baltimore, 1838). "e;The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion"e; was originally published in the December 1839 issue of Burton's Gentleman's Magazine.