' Presently I heard a slight groan & I knew it was a groan of mortal terror the low stifled sound that arises from the bottom of the soul' Stories about murder mystery & madness portraying the author's feverish imagination at its creative height Introducing Little Black Classics 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range & diversity of Penguin Classics with books from around the world & across many centuries They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California & the Russian steppe Here are stories lyrical & savage; poems epic & intimate; essays satirical & inspirational; & ideas that have shaped the lives of millions Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) Poe's works available in Penguin Classics are The Complete Tales & Poems of Edgar Allan Poe The Fall of the House of Usher & Other Writings The Masque of the Red Death The Murders in the Rue Morgue & Other Tales The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket The Pit & the Pendulum The Portable Edgar Allan Poe & The Science Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe