Indeed all his stories have the special Poe flavour. Many of them are set in strange places-a ruined abbey, a castle on the Rhine-with elaborate and dimly or luridly lit decors.

• 坡的短篇确实都有他独特的风格。故事大都发生在奇怪的地方--倾圮的僧院，莱茵河上的城堡--笼罩着微妙、朦胧或恐怖骇人的气氛。