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The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales (Signet Classics) by R.P.BLACKMUR is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

The eerie tales of Edgar Allan Poe, from the 1830s and 40s, remain among the most brilliant and influential works in American literature. Some of the celebrated tales contained in this unique volume include the world's first detective stories -- "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and "The Purloined Letter", and three stories sure to make a reader's hair stand on end -- "The Cask of Amontillado", "The Tell-Tale Heart", and "The Masque of the Red Death". The work includes a new introduction by Stephen Marlowe, author of "The Memoirs of Christopher Columbus" and "The Lighthouse at the End of the World." Besides the five stories already mentioned, it also contains: "The Balloon-Hoax", "Ms. Found in a Bottle", "A Descent into a Maelstrom", "The Black Cat", "The Pit and the Pendulum", The Assignation", "Diddling", "The Man That Was Used Up", and the novel, "Narrative of A. Gordon Pym". These may vary with different editions. The Signet Classic Edition of "The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales" has over 250,000 copies in print! Librarian's note: this is a collection by the author of short stories, and one novel, Entries for each of them on their own can be found elsewhere on Goodrea

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Author
R.P.BLACKMUR
Publisher
New American Library; Signet Classics
Published
1968
Language
EN
ISBN
9780451526755
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Literary Fiction, Children'S, Fiction