The Fall Of The House Of Usher And Other Stories

Author: Edgar Allan Poe

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  • : $35.00 AUD
  • : 9780099540830
  • : Random House
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  • : May 2010
  • : 198mm X 129mm X 39mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 26.99
  • : March 2010
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  • : English
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Description

Edgar Allan Poe was a writer of uncommon talent; in The Murders in the Rue Morgue he 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.

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'The most original genius that America has produced' Alfred, Lord Tennyson

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Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, USA, 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.