
[美]愛倫·坡
本書囊括了愛倫·坡最經典的短篇小說。 《The Fall of the House of Usher厄舍府的倒塌》,一座被詛咒的古宅,一對瘋癲病態的孿生兄妹。哥哥精神崩潰、感官過敏,將疑似病逝的妹妹活埋地窖。風雨夜,妹妹破棺歸來…… 《The Murders in the Rue Morgue莫格街兇殺案》,推理小說的鼻祖,世界上第一篇真正意義上的 “偵探小說”。 《The Masque of the Red Death紅死病的假面具》,貴族躲在城堡狂歡避瘟疫,死神卻悄然而至,華麗又絕望。
this fissure rapidly widened—there came a fierce breath of the whirlwind—the entire orb of the satellite burst at once upon my sight—my brain reeled as I saw the mighty walls rushing asunder—there was a long tumultuous shouting sound like the voice of a thousand waters—and the deep and dank tarn at my feet closed sullenly and silently over the fragments of the “House of Usher.”