Seven Stories of Mystery and Horror

by Stephen Colbourn (Retold by), Edgar Allan Poe

Nouvelle collection de lectures progressives en anglais pour faux-débutants (adolescents et adultes). Résumé : Sept nouvelles pour frissonner de plaisir. The Pit and the Pendulum , The Gold Bug, The facts in the Case o Mr Valdemar, The Fall of the House of Usher, Down into the Maelström, The Masque of the Red Death, The Oblong Box

Genres: Short Stories

Paperback

First published August 31, 2005

Reviews

[Namiko]

Seven stories of mystery and horror by the master storyteller of the nineteenth century:

the pit and the pendulum
the gold bug
the facts in the case of Mr. Valdemar
the fall of the house of Usher
Down in the maelstrom
the masque of the red death
the oblong box

not bad.

[bookmonk._ · Rating 3 out of 5]

A collection of short stories by Edgar Allan Poe , mainly consists of 4 spooky stories that will help you get in to the immaculate vibe of Halloween .
1.Tell Tale heart
2.The cask of amontillado
3.The fall of house of usher
4.The Gold bug
My favourite from this short story collection is the fall of house of usher,I let my imagination run Cray Cray and the illustrations really helped to bring out the wild side of the story.
The book is barely 209 pages and a really really really quick read and I believe this is enough and a hearty read for lovers of goosebumps🎈

[Veronika · Rating 4 out of 5]

Didn't find these stories extremely frightening, but it was nice to read from Poe. My favorite was the last story, The Oblong Box.

[Gr1972 · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 out of 5

[alicia · Rating 4 out of 5]

se me hace un libro muy fácil de leer en inglés, sirve para practicar

[Nana Banana · Rating 1 out of 5]

A lot of repeated sentences/narration, and for me, all the endings were disappointing.

[İbrahim Aydın · Rating 2 out of 5]

That had 7 stories. I don’t know when the story begin and when the story finish. I don’t know exactly. The finish had 2 sentences but the whole other sentences have just addition part. I don’t like this book

[Shoichi Momiyama · Rating 3 out of 5]

-MACMILLAN READERS, Level 3, Edgar Allan Poe
-Time: 75minutes
-7 words summary: pendulum-rat-bug-sick-hypnotism-coffin-silence
-Discussion question
Q: If the world woud be end tomorrow, what would you like to do for your last memory?
A: In my case, I would like to stay with my family. Then, I want to talk with my family members about our each memory. Also, I want to watch the video which was taken in my childhood. I mean that I want to remember my childhood.

This book is separated from seven stories, so it was easy to read. All of stories were interesting for me. Especially, "The Facts in the Case of Mr. Valdemar" was the best. It was the story about one person who was hypnotized by doctor. Therefore, he did not realize that he was dead. At last, the doctor decided to end the hypnotism. As a result, his patient really died. I think that mystery novels can improve our imagination. I like to read mystery books because of that reason.

[Karyn Montoya · Rating 3 out of 5]

excelente

[clara]

School

[greencuup · Rating 3 out of 5]

it was awful

[Vera · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoy this book.