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…In 1348, in the major Trade City of Florence, a ship from China docked on the port carrying the rat that would lead Europe through one of the greatest epidemics ever known to man, the Black Death. The virulent plague quickly claimed the lives of a third…

…a cat but it keeps coming back to life. While again attempting to kill the cat, he slices his wife’s head in two with a cleaver. He hides her corpse in a wall but the cat’s howls lead the police to the location of the body (“Poe’s Tales” 518-527…

…The contrast between Kurtz's intended and black mistress The Heart of Darkness is a story about a man telling a tale of an adventure that he had on the Congo River. During this adventure he meets a guy named Kurtz. Kurtz was congregating with a tribe…

…1700 miles to Carson City, Nevada. The cost of this trip was about $200 each. When they got to Nevada, “silver fever” had already gripped the area and Clemens was not immune. Records show that he purchased two mines; one for $500 in the Black Warrior Ledge…

…fellow citizens a general picture of the world, of its various races, and of the previous history of those nations which had one. He also was very careful to diversify his pages by scattering among his more serious matter tales, anecdotes, and descriptions…

…EDITH WHARTON'S ROMAN FEVER Roman Fever by Edith Wharton is a story about two well-to-do American widows who escort their unmarried daughters on a grand vacation. Alida Slade and Grace Ansley are the primary characters in Wharton's tale…

…to them in the form of death. Fortunately there are many versions of the two fairytales to enjoy. A reader can choose the appropriate tale to read. Caution could be used if reading to a younger audience, as both tales described above original versions are quite…

…. With his wife and her mother he moved to Richmond, Philadelphia, and later to New York City, working for magazines and newspapers in both cities. Though Poe's horror tales were written for the popular taste of the reading public, he actually earned his national…

…"Snow White". This fairy tale intended for children is a book of sin from cover to cover. Children begin to recognize at a young age that people with attractive physical traits go far in life, and we wonder why. Not only due to the obvious influences…

…” (1843), in which a maniacal murderer is subconsciously haunted into confessing his guilt; and “The Cask of Amontillado” (1846), an eerie tale of revenge. Although I have read many of Poe’s short stories and poems, I found two of them exceptionally…