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Description edit
Chilling stories by Edgar Allan Poe, the master of terror: "The Fall of the House of Usher", "The Mask of the Red Death", "The Cask of the Amontillado" and five other tales that hover on the edge of madness and pull you into a nightmare world.
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Characters/People edit
- Fortunato: character in "The Cask of Amontillado" who has insulted the narrator.
- Hop-Frog: a court jester in the short story "Hop-Frog" who is described as a crippled dwarf which makes him very amusing to the cruel king.
- Trippetta: from "Hop-Frog" this is a female dwarf in the king's court and a friend to Hop-Frog
Organizations edit
- the Masons: fraternal organization arising from late 16th century to early 17th century
First Sentence edit
First published in Godey's Lady's Book for November, 1846, "The Cask" is perhaps the most widely read of all the Poe tales.
Table of Contents edit
Introduction
The Cask of Amontillado
Hop-Frog
MS. Found in a Bottle
Ligeia
The Fall of the House of Usher
William Wilson
The Masque of the Red Death
The Imp of the Perverse
Glossary edit
- immolate: to kill as a sacrifice, to destroy
- in pace requeiescat: Latin phrase meaning rest in peace; requeiescat in pace
- Nemo me impune lacessit: Latin phrase translated as "no one attacks me with impunity"
- rara avis in terris: Latin phrase meaning a rare bird on the earth
- roquelaire: obsolete term for a lined and trimmed cloak that went to the knees
- wont: a custom or habit
Authors & Contributors edit
- Edgar Allan Poe (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Scholastic INC.
Country: USA
Publication Date: Add the publication date.
ISBN: 0-590-41136-5
Page Count: 196
Publisher: Scholastic INC.
Country: USA
Publication Date: Add the publication date.
ISBN: 0-590-41136-5
Page Count: 196
Subjects edit
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States › Classics › Poe, Edgar Allen
- Books › Children's Books › Series › Classics › Scholastic Classics
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Authors, A-Z › ( P ) › Poe, Edgar Allan,
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Horror › United States
- Books › Children's Books › Literature › Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery & Horror › Spine-Chilling Horror
- Books › Teens › Literature & Fiction › Classics
- Books › Children's Books › Literature › Classics by Age
- Books › Teens › Horror
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