There are five stories in this book. ´The Fall of the House of Usher´ and ´The Barrel of Amontillado´ are stories of madness;´The Maelstrom´ describes fear of death during a storm on the ocean;and in ´The Murders of the Rue Morgue´ and ´The Stolen Letter´ meet C. Auguste Dupin, Poe´s famous Parisian detective.