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The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales
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About this book
The eerie tales of Edgar Allan Poe remain among the most brilliant and influential works in American literature. Some of the celebrated tales contained in this unique volume include: the world's first two detective stories -- "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and "The Purloined Letter"; and three stories sure to make a reader's hair stand on end -- "The Cask of Amontillado", "The Tell-Tale Heart", and "The Masque of the Red Death". -- Includes a New Introduction by Stephen Marlowe, author of The Memoirs of Christopher Columbus and The Lighthouse at the End of the World -- The Signet Classic Edition of "The Fall of the House of Usher" has over 250,000 copies in print!
Book Details
ISBN13 | 9780451526755 |
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ISBN10 | 0451526759 |
Series/Work | OL273484W View on OpenLibrary |
Publisher | Signet Classics |
Created At | January 30, 2025 |
Updated At | January 30, 2025 |
Last OL update | January 18, 2025 |
Subjects
abbeys
American Fantasy fiction
American fiction
American fiction (fictional works by one author)
American Horror tales
American literature
American Short stories
burial vaults
catalepsy
cats
Children's fiction
Classic Literature
Crime
Crime fiction
daggers
Detective and mystery stories
dragons
embedded narrative
fear
Fiction
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