Edgar Allan Poe's Tales of: Book 2
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Description
A MURDER DRIVEN to the edge by the sound of his victim's still-beating heart - A MENTAL INSTITUTION run by someone other than its staff... A MYSTERIOUS BOX aboard a ship, with a ghastly secret... The HYPNOTIST'S STARE that, perhaps, could paralyze even death... Strap into your... read more
Memorable Quotes
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“The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether: "You are young yet, my friend," replied my host. "Believe nothing you hear, and only one-half that you see."”
First Sentence
The Tell-Tale Heart: True!--nervous--very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am, but why will you say that I am mad? The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether: While on a tour through Southern France, my route led me within a few miles of a certain Maison de Sante or private madhouse, about which I had heard much, in Paris, from my medical friends. The Oblong Box: Some years ago, I engaged passage from Charleston, SC, to the city of New York, in the fine packet ship Independence, Captain Hardy. The Fact in the Case of M. Valdermar: Of course I shall not pretend to consider it any matter for wonder that the extraordinary case of M. Valdemar has excited discussion.
Table of Contents
The Tell-Tale heart
The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether
The Oblong Box
The Fact in the Case of M. Valdemar
Series
This is book 2 in the Edgar Allan Poe's Tales of series.
Authors & Contributors
- Edgar Allan Poe (Author)
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