Seven Stories of Mystery and Horror Exercises with 2 CD Pack (+ Audio CD)

`The Pit and the Pendulum`: A prisoner wakes up to find himself in a dark cell with a deep pit. `The Gold Bug`: A golden insect leads to an incredible discovery. `The facts in the case of Mr. Valdemar`: A patient is hypnotised minutes before he dies. Is he really dead? `The Fall of the House of Usher`: A man visits an old friend and finds himself in a house full of horrors! `Down in the Maelstrom`: A sailor describes a terrifying trip though the maelstrom. `The Masque of the Red Death`: No one can escape the red death-not even a prince! `The Oblong Box`: A traveller boards a ship to New York. What does he carry in the oblong box? Retold by Stephen Colbourn.