The Fall of the House of Usher
Subtitle: and Other Tales
By: With an afterword by R. P. Blackmur.
Edition: Signet Classic edition (23)
Series: A Signet classic, CD29
Publisher: New American Library
Published: 1960
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Number of pages: 384
Copyright date: 1960
Subjects: Horror tales, American; Fantasy fiction, American
Description: This Signet Classic collection of Edgar Allan Poe's rnacabre stories of men caught in the clutch of mysterious or super- natural forces. rnoving irrevocably toward imminent destruction, includes:
fourteen tales of terror, imagination, and suspense:
THE BALLOON HOAX
MS FOUND IN A BOTTLE
A DESCENT INTO THE MAELSTRÖM
THE MURDERS IN THE RUE 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 AMONTILLADO
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' work.
--back cover
Table of contents: title: The Balloon-Hoax; title: 7; title: Ms. Found in a Bottle; title: 21; title: A Descent into the Maelström; title: 32; title: The Murders in the Rue Morgue; title: 49; title: The Purloined Letter; title: 84; title: The Black Cat; title: 103 _; title: The Fall of the House of Usher; title: 113; title: The Pit and the Pendulum; title: 132; title: The Masque of the Red Death; title: 147; title: The Cask of Amontillado; title: 154; title: The Assignation; title: 161; title: The Tell-Tale Heart; title: 173; title: Diddling; title: 179; title: The Man That Was Used Up; title: 100; title: Narrative of A. Gordon Pym; title: 200; title: Afterword by R. P. Blackmur; title: 375; title: Selected Bibliography; title: 384