**Reposted from the Circulation Desk.** Raw Dog Screaming Press, 2020 ISBN-13: 9781946335319 Available: Paperback ( Bookshop.org ) Prince Prospero, trying to avoid a deadly plague, the Red Death, ravaging the land, walls himself up inside his abbey along with a number of other wealthy nobles. To combat the boredom, the prince hosts a masquerade ball within seven rooms […]
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Atheneum, August, 2004 ISBN: 0689848374 Available: New and Used Four of Poe’s classic tales are presented here. In The Black Cat, a man blames his black cat for his descent into murder and madness, The Masque of the Red Death is a tale about nobles who hole up in a castle in an attempt to escape the […]
Sterling Publishing, 2006 ISBN: 9781402715150 Available: New This book is a good introduction for the reader getting ready to take on the intricacies of language in the writing of Edgar Allan Poe. The book starts with a brief biography of the author and then leads the reader through five of Poe’s most famous short stories. Each […]