The Fall of the House of Usher

The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings is a collection that displays the full force of Edgar Allan Poes mastery of both Gothic horror and the short story form.Now published in the Penguin Clothbound Classics series, this selection of Poes critical writings, short fiction and poetry demonstrates his intense interest in aesthetic issues, and the astonishing power and imagination with which he probed the darkest corners of the human mind. The Fall of the House of Usher is a slow-burning Gothic horror, describing the final hours of a family tormented by tragedy and the legacy of the past. In The Tell-Tale Heart, a murderers insane delusions threaten to betray him, while stories such as The Pit and the Pendulum, The Raven and The Cask of Amontillado explore extreme states of decadence, fear and hate.As well as his remarkable literary output, Boston-born Edgar Allan Poe - had a variety of occupations - he ser