The Fall of the House of Usher
- ISBN-10
- 1079900357
- ISBN-13
- 9781079900354
- Series
- The Fall of the House of Usher
- Pages
- 44
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-07-12
- Publisher
- Independently Published
- Author
- Edgar Allan Poe
Description
"The Fall of the House of Usher" is a narrative short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1839 in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine before being included in the collection Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque in 1840. The short story is a work of gothic fiction and includes themes of madness, family, isolation, and metaphysical identities.
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