Stories for Young People: Edgar Allan Poe

By Edgar Allan Poe

Book Overview

A popular spin-off from the Poetry for Young People series introduces children to America's master of the spooky story: Edgar Allan Poe. Unabridged and fully illustrated, it's the perfect collection to establish a life-long love of literature. ? Edgar Allan Poe's brooding tales of murder, madness, and revenge still grab today's readers. Here are five of his finest, presented and fully annotated by Andrew Delbanco, a much-honored professor of humanities at Columbia University whom Time magazine called "America's Best Social Critic." And throughout, chilling and evocative illustrations by renowned artist Gerard Dubois enhance the stories--among them a devilish, skull-like face to accompany "Masque of the Red Death" and an appropriately foreboding view of the House of Usher. The collection includes "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Cask of Amontillado," and "The Oval Portrait"--and as always features an author biography, introductions to every story, and definitions of unfamiliar vocabulary.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402715153
• ISBN13: 9781402715150
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Union Square Kids
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.3" x 0.8" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 10 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 5 and higher