The Fall of the House of Usher
Subtitle: and Other Tales
By: Edgar Allan Poe ; with an afterword by R.P. Blackmur
Contributors: Blackmur, R. P. (Richard P.), 1904-1965
Edition: Signet Classic edition  (21)
Series: Signet Classics
Publisher: New American Library
Published: 1980
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780451516596
Copyright date: 1980
Subjects: Horror tales; Short stories; Horror stories
Description: This Signet Classic edition contains Poe's macabre stories of men and women caught up by mysterious or supernatural forces.

FOORTEEN TALES OF TERROR, IMAGINATION, AND SUSPENSE:

THE BALLOON-HOAX • ms FOUND IN A BOTTLE • A DESCENT INTO THE MAELSTROM • THE MURDERS IN THE ROE MORGUE • THE PURLOINED LETTER • THE BLACK CAT • THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER • THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM • THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH • THE CASK OF P+IONTII-LADO • THE ASSIGNATION • THE TELL-TALE HEART • DIDDLING • THE MAN THAT WAS USED UP

AND POE'S ONLY FULL-LENGTH NOVEL, NARRATIVE OF A. GORDON PYM

herewith making its first appearance in a paperback selection of the celebrated author's work.

With an Afterword by R. P Blackmur
Notes: A Signet classic.
Rev. and updated bibliography.
Includes bibliographical references (page 384).
Table of contents: title: Balloon-hoax --; title: Ms. found in a bottle --; title: Descent into the Maelstrom --; title: Murders in the Rue Morgue --; title: Purloined letter --; title: Black cat --; title: Fall of the house of Usher --; title: Pit and the pendulum --; title: Masque of the red death --; title: Cask of Amontillado --; title: Assignation --; title: Tell-tale heart --; title: Diddling --; title: Man that was used up.