The Pit and the Pendulum

This Poe story was also in that big, old book. I remember really loving Poe, being quite eager to curl up and be frightened by the mysteries within. I wonder if it helped that the book was old and musty?

The Fall of the House of Usher

I read this many, many years ago; it was contained in an old book that I found in the old bookcase of my old Great Grandmother. (Not that I would have called her old, you understand ... it just fitted the sentence ...). I will need to read this again, and I see it can be found here:

http://www.bartleby.com/195/10.html