The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Stories - Paperback

by Edgar Allan Poe (Author)

Edgar Allan Poe was a writer of uncommon talent; inThe Murders in the Rue Morguehe created the genre of detective fiction while his genius for finding the strangeness lurking within us all has been an influence on everyone from Freud to Hollywood. This complete collection of all his short stories and novellas contains well- known tales 'The Pit and the Pendulum' and 'The Tell-Tale Heart' alongside hidden gems that both unsettle and enthrall the reader.

Author Biography

Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston in 1809. Poe, short story writer, editor and critic, he is best known for his macabre tales and as the progenitor of the detective story. He died in 1849, in mysterious circumstances, at the age of forty.