The title work in this collection of ten short stories and poems is widely regarded as the most famous of Poe's writings. He was the inventor of the modern detective story and American gothic horror. Included are The Raven, The Pit and thePendulum, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Masque of the Red Death, The Cask of Amontillado, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Black Cat, The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar, and Hop-Frog. The new film The Raven stars John Cusack.