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The Fall of the House of Usher
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A classic Gothic horror tale in which an unnamed narrator visits his ailing friend Roderick Usher at his decaying family mansion, where dread and madness culminate in the house's literal and figurative collapse. Suited to readers of atmospheric horror and short nineteenth-century fiction.
Note: The 1997 date appears to be a reprint or edition date; Poe originally published this story in 1839.
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales involving mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as one of the central figures of Romanticism and Gothic fiction in the United States and of early American literature.
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