Edgar Allan Poe

The Masque of the Red Death Edgar Allan Poe

The first story follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague, known as the Red Death, by hiding in his abbey. He, along with many other wealthy nobles, hosts a masquerade ball within seven rooms of the abbey, each decorated with a different color. In the midst of their revelry, a mysterious figure disguised as a Red Death victim enters and makes his way through each of the rooms. Prospero dies after confronting this stranger, whose "costume" proves to contain nothing tangible inside it; the guests also die in turn. Others are; The Masque of the Red DeathThe Purloined Letter Some Words with a MummyThe Gold-bugThe Murders in the Rue MorgueThe Mystery of Marie Rogêt