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1. The Story of William Wilson

   In: Edgar Allan Poe: Storyteller Format(s): MP3, Text

   The text and audio of this psychological story in Edgar Allan Poe: Storyteller describe a narrator who asks to be called "William Wilson" and tells a tale about his encounters with his mysterious doppelganger. Try as he might to escape from the haunting whisper of an unknown figure, William Wilson always comes face to face ... with himself.

2. The Fall of the House of Usher

   In: Edgar Allan Poe: Storyteller Format(s): MP3, Text

   The text and audio of this gothic story in Edgar Allan Poe: Storyteller describe a narrator who visits the macabre home of his childhood friend.

3. The Black Cat

   In: Edgar Allan Poe: Storyteller Format(s): MP3, Text

   The text and audio of this story in Edgar Allan Poe: Storyteller describe a man who, while telling his story on the eve of his death, proclaims that he is psychologically sound despite his drunken and violent rages.

4. The Murders in the Rue Morgue

   In: Edgar Allan Poe: Storyteller Format(s): MP3, Text

   The text and audio of this murder/detective story in Edgar Allan Poe: Storyteller are about a man named C. Auguste Dupin, who brillantly solves the murder of Madame L'Espanaye and Mademoiselle Camille.

5. The Tell-Tale Heart

   In: Edgar Allan Poe: Storyteller Format(s): MP3, Text

   The text and audio of this story in Edgar Allan Poe: Storyteller are about a man who is obsessed with an elderly man's pale blue eye.

6. The Cask of Amontillado

   In: Edgar Allan Poe: Storyteller Format(s): MP3, Text

   The text and audio of this story in Edgar Allan Poe: Storyteller are about a man named Montresor who wants to commit revenge against his "friend" Fortunato. Luring the wine-loving Fortunato with the promise of tasting the rare and fine wine Amontillado, Montresor leads him down beneath his palace into the bowels of the earth.

7. The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky

   In: The Red Badge of Courage and Other Stories Format(s): Text

   In this story from The Red Badge of Courage, Jack Potter, the policeman of a small town in east Texas called Yellow Sky, takes his new bride back to town.

8. The Blue Hotel

   In: The Red Badge of Courage and Other Stories Format(s): Text

   In this story from The Red Badge of Courage, four men stay at the famous Palace Hotel.

9. Chapter 14: The Autobiography of Mark Twain

   In: The Autobiography of Mark Twain Format(s): Text

   Chapter 14 of The Autobiography of Mark Twain, an adaptation of Twain’s autobiography. Part of the Ladder series, this title has approximately three thousand headwords and is appropriate for upper intermediate to advanced learners.

10. Chapter 15: The Autobiography of Mark Twain

    In: The Autobiography of Mark Twain Format(s): Text

    Chapter 15 of The Autobiography of Mark Twain, an adaptation of Twain’s autobiography. Part of the Ladder series, this title has approximately three thousand headwords and is appropriate for upper intermediate to advanced learners.

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