The Fall of the House of Usher

Name: The Fall of the House of Usher
Rating: 3.7832764505119454 (293 reviews)
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
ISBN: 9780451526755

by Edgar Allan Poe

3.8

(293 ratings)

368 pages1839SignetISBN 9780451526755

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About this book

"The Fall of the House of Usher" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1839 in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine, then included in the collection Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque in 1840. The short story, a work of Gothic fiction, includes themes of madness, family, isolation, and metaphysical identities.

Publication Details

Publisher: Signet
Published: 1839
Pages: 368
ISBN: 9780451526755
Language: en

About Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective-fiction genre. He is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction.[1] He was the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career.[2] Source and more information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe