The Fall of the House of Usher : and Other Writings

Sobre el libro The Fall of the House of Usher : and Other Writings de Edgar Allan Poe publicado por Penguin Books al 2025:

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 served in the US army and was a magazine editor. Towards the end of his life, he was plagued by mental instability.If you enjoyed The Fall of the House of Usher, you might like Horace Walpoles The Castle of Otranto, also available in Penguin Classics.The most original genius that America has producedAlfred, Lord TennysonPoe has entered our popular consciousness as no other American writerThe New York Times Book Review