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The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe · Booklabria

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First published: 1704
Editions: 231 in 6 languages

Synopsis

"The Fall of the House of Usher" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1839 in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine, then included in the collection Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque in 1840. The short story, a work of Gothic fiction, includes themes of madness, family, isolation, and metaphysical identities.

Subjects: Horror
Short Stories
Dragons
American Horror tales
Gothic fiction
Catalepsy
Characters: Roderick Usher
Madeline Usher
Ethelred

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231 in 6 languages

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English195 Spanish18 French8 German4 All 6 languages

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