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EdgarAllanPoe'sGothictaleshaveestablishedthemselvesasclassicsofhorrorfiction,andastheinventorofthemodernmystery,Poecreatedmanyoftheconventionswhichstilldominatethegenreofdetectivefiction.AttentivetothehistoricalandpoliticaldimensionsoftheseveryAmericantales,thisnewselectionoftwenty-fourtalesplacesthemostpopular--"TheFalloftheHouseofUsher,""TheMasqueoftheRedDeath,""TheMurdersintheRueMorgue,"and"ThePurloinedLetter"--alongsidelesswell-knowntravelnarratives,metaphysicalessays,andpoliticalsatires.AbouttheSeries:Forover100yearsOxfordWorld'sClassicshasmade...