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Tales of Mystery Edgar Allan Poe Adapted by Janet Olearski ,,The Fall of the House of Usher" describes the final days of a tormented and tragic family. In "The Oval Portrait," a brilliant but obsessed artist sacrifices love for art. And in ,,The Masque of the Red Death", Prince Prospero attempts to escape with his friends from a terrible disease that is killing everyone in his land. These three atmospheric stories from the master of Gothic fiction explore the dark side of the human m...

Edgar Poe was born the son of itinerant actors on January 19th, 1809 in Boston, Massachusets. Abandoned by his father and the later death of his mother, he was taken into the foster care of John Allan, a Virginia tobacco farmer. Now styled as Edgar Allan Poe, he distinguished himself at the University of Virginia but was equally adept at collecting debts from his assiduous gambling. His stepfather's disapproval shattered their fragile relationship and Poe left home to seek his fortune.In 1836 he...