description: 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 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!
language: English
title: The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales
titlecomplete: The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales
genres: Mystery, Fiction, 19th Century, Classics, Poetry, Gothic, Horror, Literature, Short Stories, Fantasy
ratings_count: 72602
publisher: Signet Classics