Wikipedia lists five short stories by Edgar Allan Poe that were first published in 1842. Granted not all of them were made into films starring Vincent Price and Barbara Steele, in 1961, but even so there are five possible answers to the part of this question that actually asks a question.
A more conscientious question setter might have asked "Which short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1842, has been the subject of several film adaptations, including one in 1961 starring Vincent Price and Barbara Steele?"
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