An edition of The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales [15 stories] (1960)

The Fall of the House of Usher

and Other Tales

First Signet Classic Printing (Marlowe Introduction) (5)

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An edition of The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales [15 stories] (1960)

The Fall of the House of Usher

and Other Tales

First Signet Classic Printing (Marlowe Introduction) (5)

by

  • ★★★★ 4.2 (6 ratings) ·
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  • 7 Have read

FOURTEEN TALES OF MYSTERY. TERROR. IMAGINATION. AND SUSPENSE

The celebrated master of the macabre, Edgar Allan Poe brought his nightmare visions to vivid dramatic life in his classic stories. Now this Signet Classic edition gathers together fourteen of his darkest and richest tales. including "The Pit and the Pendulum," an unforgettable reimagining of Inquisition tortures: Tell-Tale Heart." which delves into the complex nature ofa murderer's madness; and "The Fall of the House of Usher," his tour de force about a familv doomed by an ancient curse.

Poe, ever fascinated by the mysterious, pioneered the detective story, creating in "TheVurloined Letter" and "The Murders in the Rtiet.Morgue a rational investigator with a poetic soul. Also featured here is Poe's only full- length novel, Sanative on. Goldon Pym. An author who' holds an important place America's literary past, Edgar Allan Poe continues to influence and inspire others with the lush, vibrant style that is uniquely his—and that powerfully expresses the agitation of the human spirit.

With a New Introduction by Stephen Marlowe
--back cover

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Signet
Language
English
Pages
384

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American Horror tales, American literature, Children's fiction, Classic Literature, Crime, Crime fiction, Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, first-person narrative, Gothic fiction, Homicide, Horror, Horror fiction, Horror stories, Horror tales, Hyperesthesia, Juvenile fiction, Murder, short stories, American fiction, American Short stories, fear, pendulums, Spanish Inquisition, abbeys, daggers, Hematidrosis, Juvenile audience, masquerade balls, nobility, plagues, shrouds, burial vaults, catalepsy, dragons, hermitages, heroic romances, hysteria, knights, maces, psychogenic death, tarns, embedded narrative, mountaineering, whirlpools, vortex, Ratiocination, Revenge, cats, short story, unreliable narrators, self-hatred, gallows, Mystery and detective stories, monograms, American Fantasy fiction, Literature: Classics, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, horror, Fiction, short stories (single author)

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Father Time, Prince Prospero, Roderick Usher, Madeline Usher, Ethelred, Jonas Danilssønn Ramus, Montresor, Fortunato, Luchresi, Lady Fortunato, C. Auguste Dupin, Minister D—, Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon

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Paris, Lofoten, Norway, Toledo

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Carnival

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The Fall of the House of Usher: and Other Tales
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Table of Contents

Introduction by Stephen Marlowe vii
The Balloon-Hoax 1
Ms. Found in a Bottle 15
A Descent into the Maelström 26
The Murders in the Rue Morgue 44
The Purloined Letter 80
The Black Cat 99
The Fall of the House of Usher 109
The Pit and the Pendulum 129
The Masque of the Red Death 145
The Cask of Amontillado 152
The Assignation 159
The Tell-Tale Heart 172
Diddling 178
The Man That Was Used Up 189
Narrative of A. Gordon Pym 200
Bibliography 382

Edition Notes

USA/CAN

Published in
New York
Copyright Date
1998

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.3
Library of Congress
PZ3.P752 Fal9 1998

The Physical Object

Format
Mass Market Paperback
Pagination
xvi, 384 p. ;
Number of pages
384

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL22976416M
ISBN 10
0451526759
ISBN 13
9780451526755
LCCN
97069695
OCLC/WorldCat
491720606
Library Thing
68575
Goodreads
58870534

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL273484W

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San Francisco Public Library record
marc_openlibraries_sanfranciscopubliclibrary MARC record
Library of Congress MARC record
Better World Books record
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Work Description

Assignation
Balloon-Hoax
Black Cat
Cask of Amontillado
Descent into the Maelstrom
Diddling
Fall of the House of Usher
Man That Was Used Up
Masque of the Red Death
Ms. Found in a Bottle
Murders in the Rue Morgue
Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym
Pit and the Pendulum
Purloined Letter
Tell-tale Heart

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