title: Tales of Terror from Edgar Allan Poe
author:  Edgar Allan Poe 
description: Gr. 6-9. This collection includes six of Poe's most famous tales, unabridged: "The Masque of Red Death," "The Black Cat," "The Pit and the Pendulum," "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Cask of Amontillado," and "The Fall of the House of Usher." In the introduction, McCurdy discusses of Poe's life and remarks on the darkness of Poe's nature, reflected in his work, and the physical darkness of his world after sundown, reflected in the illustrations. The 18 full-page, black-and-white scratchboard-style pictures are suitably dramatic and often macabre. This handsome volume, to be accompanied by a CD that features readings of four of the tales, offers a good introduction to Poe's fiction. <i>Carolyn Phelan</i><br /><i>Copyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved</i>
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  **Table of Contents**
  
   _Title Page_
  
   _Copyright Page_
  
   _Dedication_
  
    
  
   _CHAPTER THE FIRST_
  
   _CHAPTER THE SECOND_
  
   _CHAPTER THE THIRD_
  
   _CHAPTER THE FOURTH_
  
   _CHAPTER THE FIFTH_
  
   _CHAPTER THE SIXTH_
  
   _CHAPTER THE SEVENTH_
  
   _CHAPTER THE EIGHTH_
  
   _CHAPTER THE NINTH_
  
   _CHAPTER THE TENTH_
  
   _CHAPTER THE ELEVENTH_
  
   _CHAPTER THE TWELFTH_
  
   _CHAPTER THE THIRTEENTH_
  
   _CHAPTER THE FOURTEENTH_
  
   _CHAPTER THE FIFTEENTH_
  
    
  
   _LONDON, NOVEMBER, 1888_
  
   _CIPHER SOLUTION_
  
  “I HAD STOOD STILL A MOMENT TOO LONG.”
  
  Heavy footsteps sounded behind me.
  
  I leapt forward to flee, but it was too late. The footfalls rushed upon me. An
  iron grip grasped my arm. I started to scream, but a steely hand clamped over
  my mouth. Very close to my ear a deep voice growled, “If you move or cry out,
  I _will_ kill you.”
  
  Terror froze me. Wide-eyed, staring into darkness, I couldn’t move. I could
  barely breathe. As I stood gasping, his grip left my arm and snaked around me,
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