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YOUNG ADULTREADERSSTAGE 4In this reader you will find nine of Edgar Allan Poe’s most famous stories ofmystery and suspense. They range from Gothic historical stories such as ThePit and the Pendulum, through to detective fiction like The Murders in theRue Morgue and an early science fiction tale - A Descent into the Maelström.Ghostly mysteries such as Ligeia and The Fall of the House of Usher are alsoin the collection along with Poe’s masterpiece study of madness The Tell-TaleHeart.In this reader you will find:- Information about Edgar Allan Poe’s life- Focus On sections: Themes & Symbols, CLIL Meteorology,Great Detectives in Fiction- Glossary of difficult words- Comprehension and extension activities- Final test- First (FCE) Activities in British EnglishEDGAR ALLAN POE STORIES OF MYSTERY AND SUSPENSEEdgar Allan PoeStories of Mystery and SuspenseSTAGE 4Eli Readers is a beautifully illustrated series of timeless classics andspecially-written stories for learners of English.EDGAR ALLAN POESTORIES OF MYSTERYAND SUSPENSETagsClassic literature, Mystery, SuspenseElementary600 headwordsA1STAGE 2Pre-Intermediate800 headwordsA2Key (KET)STAGE 3Intermediate1000 headwordsB1Preliminary (PET)STAGE 4Upper Intermediate 1800 headwordsB2First (FCE)STAGE 5Advanced2500 headwordsC1Advanced (CAE)STAGE 6ProficiencyUnabridged TextsC2Proficiency (CPE)Classic - American Englishwww.elireaders.comWith freedownloadableBookletELT B 2S eER ensAD spl. RE u -3.r. I S 92I s EL and 15EL LT ry 36U te -5AD ys 88G M 8N f 7U so N9YOorie ISBStRecorded extracts on CD.Download full text as MP3from www.elireaders.comYOUNG ADULT ELI READERSSTAGE 1ELTB2YOUNG ADULTREADERS
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ntroduction to this Poe CollectionBefore you readOneThe Tell-Tale HeartActivitiesTwoThe Masque of the Red DeathActivitiesThreeThe Pit and the PendulumActivitiesFourThe Premature BurialActivitiesFiveA Descent into the MaelströmActivitiesSixThe Murders in the Rue MorgueActivitiesSevenThe Stolen LetterActivitiesEightLigeiaActivitiesNineThe Fall of the House of UsherActivities118120122124126127128Focus on Focus on Focus on Focus on Test yourselfSyllabusOther TitlesEdgar Allan PoeGenre, Themes and SymbolsGreat Detectives in FictionMeteorology (CLIL Science)These icons indicate the parts of the story that are recorded startstop
INTRODUCTION TO THIS POE COLLECTIONThe Tell-Tale HeartA classic Poe studyof madness and themacabre.6The Masque of theRed DeathThe Pit and thePendulumThe story of PrinceProspero’s attemptsto escape the RedDeath.Set in a prison inToledo, towards theend of the SpanishInquisition.
The PrematureBurialA Descent into theMaelströmThe Murders in theRue MorgueA comic look at thefear of being buriedalive.The story of threebrothers caught in astorm at sea.One of the first everdetective stories.Poe introduces C.Auguste Dupin.The Stolen LetterLigeiaAnother mysterysolved by amateurdetective, C.Auguste Dupin.A man remarriesafter the death ofhis much-loved firstwife.The Fall of theHouse of UsherThe terrible end ofthe Usher family andtheir ancestral home.7
BEFORE YOU READGrammar for First1 Read the introduction to this collection of short stories. Decidewhich answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.Edgar Allan Poe’s ImaginationEdgar Allan Poe was one of America’s greatest writers of shortstories. This volume contains nine of his stories which were writtenbetween 1838 and 1845 and (1) published in magazines.Poe wrote many different types of fiction. In this collection you willfind two of his detective stories – The Murders in the Rue Morgueand The Stolen Letter (originally called The Purloined Letter).The (2) is considered one of the first detective stories,(3) there are earlier examples in Chinese literature. Poehad a great influence on later writers (4) as Sir ArthurConan Doyle and Agatha Christie. He was also interested inscience fiction and A Descent into the Maelström is an (5)of this type of writing. Poe is, however, probably most famous as awriter of dark short stories like The Tell-Tale Heart, the first story inthis collection and The Fall of the House of Usher, the (6) .Poe also wrote poetry, but this is less popular today (7)it was in the past. Poe’s career was tragically short, as he died atthe age of 40.81 A mainlyB readilyC certainlyD definitely2 A betterB formerC afterD before3 A althoughB sinceC thenD despite4 A likeB goodC muchD such5 A evidenceB exerciseC exampleD entry6 A latestB lastC latterD late7 A comparedB ofC thatD than
Vocabulary2 Reporting Verbs. Solve these anagrams to find verbs we can useto report speech. Then fill the gaps to complete the sentenceswith the Past Simple of the irwphs“How far exactly is it?”asked the child.“Help!” the old man .“Why?” she .“Because it’s time,” the girl .“You can’t do that!” the police officer .“Ouch! That hurt!” he .“Look out!” they . “There’s a car!”“Shh! They’ll hear us,” the small boy .3 Thefirst story is called The Tell-Tale Heart. Read this shortintroduction. Tick the words you expect to read in the text.The Tell-Tale Heart is really a study of madness. Tell-tale in thetitle means something which makes something else extremelyobvious: e.g. chocolate around your mouth is a tell-tale sign thatyou have just eaten some. The story is told from the point of viewof the narrator, who says that he has problems with his nerves, butis convinced that he is not mad. He tells the story of his growingobsession with his elderly neighbor’s eye, which he calls the EvilEye. This dangerous obsession makes him want to kill the old man. candle terror wise possession spider bird pale free anger gunNow read the story and check your answers.9
OneThe Tell-Tale Heart*2 It’s TRUE! – I’m nervous – very, very nervous. I have been very nervousand I am very nervous. But why do you keep saying I’m mad?The sickness had made my senses sharper; it hadn’t destroyedthem and it certainly hadn’t dulled* them. Above all, my sense ofhearing was better than it had ever been before. I heard everything inthe heavens and on the earth. I heard things in hell. So, how could Ibe mad?Listen. Listen to my story, you’ll see how well, how healthily, I cantell it. I can tell you the whole story calmly, without even the smallestsign of madness.I’m afraid I can’t tell you how the idea first came into my brain,but as soon as it was there, it haunted* me day and night. There wasno reason for it. There was no anger in it. I loved the old man. Hehad never done anything to hurt me. He had never insulted me and Ididn’t want his money. I think it was his eye! Yes, it was this! One ofhis eyes was like a vulture’s* eye. It was a pale blue eye with a filmover it. Whenever he looked at me with that vulture eye, my bloodran cold; and so – very gradually – I made up my mind. The old manwas going to die and I would be free of the eye for ever.Now, this is important. You think I’m mad. Madmen knowthe tell-tale heart - (here) the obvious/evident heartto dull – to make something less sharp10to haunt – (here) to make someone feel very worrieda vulture – a bird that eats dead bodies
Stories of Mystery and Suspensenothing. But you should have seen me. You should have seen howwise and careful I was. I worked so hard and I planned every detail. Iwas so kind to the old man the week before I killed him. I was kinderthan I’d ever been to him before. And every night, about midnight,I opened his door very gently, oh so gently. And then, when I hadmade a big enough opening, I put my head into the room, slowly.Oh, you would have laughed to see how cleverly I put my head inthrough the door. I didn’t want to disturb the old man’s sleep, so, eachnight, it took nearly an hour to put my head around the door. Woulda madman be as wise as this?My next move was to use my lantern*. I had covered it with blackcloth so that no light at all was visible. Slowly now, I uncovered the clotha very, very little. It was important to uncover it so that one small ray*of light shone out. I shone the ray of light on the vulture eye. I did thisfor seven long nights – every night just around midnight – but I foundthat his eye was always closed. With his eye closed, it was impossibleto do the job; I had no problem with the old man, my problem was theEvil Eye. And every morning, early, I went bravely into his room, calledhis name and asked whether he had slept well. He never suspected thatevery night, just around twelve, I looked at him while he was sleeping.On the eighth night, I was even more careful than usual when Iopened the door. I felt wise, I felt stronger than I ever had before. Tothink that I was there, opening the door, little by little and he had noidea, he didn’t even dream that I was there. I almost laughed at theidea and perhaps he heard me; he moved on the bed, suddenly. DidI stop? No, the room was dark, so I knew he couldn’t see the dooropening. I kept pushing it slowly, slowly.a lantern –a ray – a line of light from the sun or a light/lamp11
Edgar Allan PoeThen I had my head inside the room. I was about to uncover thelantern in the usual way, when my thumb moved. A slight noise camefrom the lantern. It was slight, but the old man heard it. He sat up inbed and cried out, “Who’s there?”I kept still and said nothing. For a whole hour, I didn’t move amuscle. I didn’t hear him lie down. So I knew that he was still there,sitting up, listening – just as I have done, night after night, listening tothe mice in the wall.Then I heard him groan* and I knew that he was terrified. It wasthe low groan that comes from the bottom of the soul. Many a night,when the whole world has been asleep, I have groaned in exactly thesame way, from fear, from terror. I knew what the old man was feelingand I was sorry for him, but I was happy in my heart. I knew that hehad been lying in bed, awake, since I had made that very first noise. Iknew also that his fears were growing. He had been trying to imaginethat there was no need to be afraid. He had been saying to himself –“It’s only the wind in the chimney – it’s only a mouse in the walls,”or “What am I afraid of ? It’s a small insect walking across the floor.”Yes, he had been trying to comfort himself with these thoughts,but it was in vain*. Of course, it was all in vain; because Death’sshadow was approaching him. Soon Death’s shadow would cover himcompletely and he would be its victim. He knew this – he couldn’t seeme, but he could feel that I was in the room.When I had waited a very long time, very patiently, withouthearing him lie down, I decided to open the lantern a little. I openedit slowly until a single ray, like a spider’s thread*, shot out and landedon the vulture eye.to groan – to make a low sound when you are in painin vain – without any success12a thread – (here) the fiber a spider makes
Edgar Allan PoeIt was open – wide, wide open – and I grew furious as I looked atit. I saw it perfectly clearly – a dull blue color with the horrible film.It chilled* me to the bone. I could see nothing else of the old man’sface or body, except that eye. I had directed the ray of light precisely,by instinct, onto the damned spot*.As I explained to you before, you are making a mistake if youthink I’m mad. The only problem that I have is the sharpness of mysenses. This became very clear to me the next moment. I heard a low,dull, quick sound. It was the sound a watch makes if it’s wrapped upin cotton. I knew that sound well, too. It was the beating of the oldman’s heart. It made me even more furious, just like the beating of adrum makes a soldier much braver.Even now, I stayed still, hardly breathing. I held the lantern rayso that I could still see the eye. I held it steadily. The hellish beatingof the heart increased. It grew quicker and quicker, and louder andlouder every instant. The old man’s terror must have been extreme!And still it grew louder, I say, still louder every moment!I have told you that I’m nervous: so I am. And now, at the deadhour of the night, in the silence of that old house, this strange noisefilled me with uncontrollable terror. For a few minutes longer, I stoodstill. But the beating grew louder and louder! It was so loud that Ithought his heart would burst*. And now I had a new fear. What if aneighbor heard the sound of the old man’s heart beating?The old man’s time had come! I shouted out and opened thelantern and ran into the room. He screamed once, only once. I pulledhim onto the floor, and pulled the heavy bed over him. I then smiled,happily. I had done it! But for many minutes, the heart continuedto chill – to make something very colddamned spot – a quotation from Shakespeare’s Macbeth14to burst – to explode like a balloon
Stories of Mystery and Suspensebeating, although the sound was fainter. Now it was too quiet for aneighbor to hear. Then, finally, it stopped. The old man was dead.I moved the bed and looked at the body. Yes, he was dead, stonedead*. I put my hand on his heart and left it there for many minutes.It wasn’t beating. He was definitely stone dead. His eye would nevertrouble me again.If you still think I’m mad, you should listen to this. I was so wisewhen I hid the body. It was the middle of the night and I had to workfast before morning came. I worked quickly and silently. I cut thebody into pieces. I cut off his head and his arms and his legs and I hidthem under the boards in the floor. I was very careful. I replaced theboards very cleverly. No human eye would know that they had beenmoved, not even the old man’s. There was no blood anywhere, therewas nothing to wash, no spot of blood, no stain of any kind, whenI had finished. I was so clever – I had used the bath – ha! ha!I looked at the time, it was four o’clock in the morning and it wasstill dark. Then I heard a knock at the street door. I went down to openit, with a happy heart – after all, I now had nothing at all to fear. Therewere three men at the door. They introduced themselves, politely.They said that they were police officers. They said that a scream hadbeen heard in the middle of the night and that the neighbors wereworried. They were afraid that a crime had been committed and sohad called the police. The police officers said that they wanted tosearch the house.I smiled – I had nothing to fear. I said that I had screamed in mysleep – a bad dream. I said that the old man was away on a visit to thecountry. I took my visitors into every room in the house. I told themstone dead – completely dead15
Edgar Allan Poeto search well. Then I took them to the old man’s room. I showedthem his things – his money was still there and all his treasureswere still there, safe and secure. I was so confident! It was a perfecttriumph*! I brought chairs into the room and told them to sit down.I myself sat down; I put my chair over the place where the pieces ofthe old man’s body were lying!The officers were satisfied. I had convinced them. I was verycomfortable. They sat, and while I answered happily, they chattedabout normal things. Soon, however, I felt pale and wished that theywould go. My head was aching and I began to feel a ringing in myears: but still they sat and still they chatted. The ringing becameclearer. I talked more freely to forget the feeling, but it carried on,until I realized that the ringing was not actually in my ears.No doubt I was now even paler. Still, I talked more fluently. I raisedmy voice, but the sound grew louder. What could I do? It was a low,dull, quick sound. It was the sound a watch makes if it’s wrapped upin cotton. I knew exactly what it was. I talked more quickly – moreloudly; but the noise steadily increased.I stood up and walked around. I talked loudly about nothing; butthe noise steadily increased. Why would they not go? I walked up anddown the room with heavy steps, as if I were excited by the policeofficers’ chatting – but the noise steadily increased.Oh God! What could I do? I talked loudly – I shouted! I moved thechair so that it made a terrible noise across the floor, but the noisewas louder than ever before and continually increased. It grew louder– louder – louder!And still the men chatted pleasantly, and smiled. Was it possible?a triumph – a great success16
Stories of Mystery and SuspenseCould they not hear it? Almighty God! – no, no! They heard! – theysuspected! They knew! – they were laughing at me, laughing at myhorror.This I thought and this I think now. But anything was better thanthe agony* of this noise! Anything was better than the shame ofthem laughing at me! I could tolerate anything except this! I felt thatI had to scream or die!And now – again! – listen! louder! louder! louder! louder!“Right!” I screamed. “That’s enough! I killed him! I admit it! I didit! He’s here under the boards in the floor! But stop that noise! Stopthat terrible noise! Stop that beating of his terrible heart!”agony – terrible pain17
AFTER-READING ACTIVITIESStop & Check1Are the statements true (T) or false (F)? Correct the false statements.T F1 The narrator is certain that he isn’t mad. 2 The narrator had always had problems with the old man. 3 Every night, about midnight, the narrator went to talkto the old man. 4 On the night of the murder, the old man was asleepwhen the narrator shone the light on his eye. 5 The police officers came to the house, becausethe neighbors had heard screaming. 6 The narrator could hear the sound of the old mancrying under the floor. Word-building2aComplete the table using words from The Tell-Tale mevildullnessclever18
2b Complete these quotations from the story with adjectives fromthe box.1 “You should have seen how and careful I was.”2 “I had no problem with the old man, my problem wasthe Eye.”3 “On the eighth night, I was even more than usualwhen I opened the door.”4 “It made me even more , just like the beating of adrum makes a soldier much braver.”Grammar for First3 Use of English. Complete the second sentence so that it has asimilar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Donot change the word given. You must use between two and fivewords, including the word given.1
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