
[美]爱伦·坡
本书囊括了爱伦·坡最经典的短篇小说。 《The Fall of the House of Usher厄舍府的倒塌》,一座被诅咒的古宅,一对疯癫病态的孪生兄妹。哥哥精神崩溃、感官过敏,将疑似病逝的妹妹活埋地窖。风雨夜,妹妹破棺归来…… 《The Murders in the Rue Morgue莫格街凶杀案》,推理小说的鼻祖,世界上第一篇真正意义上的 “侦探小说”。 《The Masque of the Red Death红死病的假面具》,贵族躲在城堡狂欢避瘟疫,死神却悄然而至,华丽又绝望。
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.”