Name: The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales (Signet Classics)
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Author: Edgar Allan Poe
ISBN: 9780451530318

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The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales (Signet Classics)

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Physical Book

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Publisher

Year

2006

Language

English

Pages

432

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

17.3 x 10.8 x 2.8 cm

Weight

0.20 kg.

ISBN

0451530314

ISBN13

9780451530318

Edition No.

Synopsis "The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales (Signet Classics) "

Classic tales of mystery, terror, imagination, and suspense from the celebrated master of the macabre. This volume gathers together fourteen of Edgar Allan Poe's richest and most influential tales, including: "The Pit and the Pendulum," his reimagining of Inquisition tortures; "The Tell-Tale Heart," an exploration of a murderer's madness, which Stephen King called "the best tale of inside evil ever written"; "The Fall of the House of Usher," Poe's tour de force about a family doomed by a grim bloodline curse; and his pioneering detective stories, "The Purloined Letter" and "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," featuring a rational investigator with a poetic soul. Also included is Poe's only full-length novel, Narrative of A. Gordon Pym. With an Introduction by Stephen Marlowe and an Afterword by Regina Marler

Edgar Allan Poe

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Edgar Allan Poe (Boston, United States, 1809-1849) was a celebrated American writer, considered a master of the short story and a renovator of Gothic narrative. His work, marked by mystery and terror, includes iconic titles such as The Raven (1845), which immortalized him, and innovative poems and stories that influenced genres like detective fiction and science fiction. In addition to his literary output, Poe stood out as a critic and theorist, especially with his essay The Philosophy of Composition (1846). His legacy remains alive and has inspired literature, cinema, music, and art to this day.

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