Cover of The Fall of the House of Usher and Four Other Tales (Black Cat / Fall of the House of Usher / Ms. Found in a Bottle / Oval Portrait / Three Sundays in a Week)

The Fall of the House of Usher and Four Other Tales (Black Cat / Fall of the House of Usher / Ms. Found in a Bottle / Oval Portrait / Three Sundays in a Week)

  • 1967 first published
  • 82 pages
  • 2 editions

Edgar Allan Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher and Four Other Tales (Black Cat / Fall of the House of Usher / Ms. Found in a Bottle / Oval Portrait / Three Sundays in a Week) (1967) is a gothic fiction and horror novella. Characters include Roderick Usher, Madeline Usher and Ethelred. Key subjects include burial vaults, Catalepsy, dragons and hermitages.

At about 82 pages, most readers finish it in about an hour and a half.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Tropes

Characters

Subjects

  • American Horror tales
  • Burial vaults
  • Catalepsy
  • Dragons
  • Gothic fiction
  • Hermitages
  • Heroic romances
  • Horror
  • Horror tales
  • Hysteria
  • Knights
  • Maces
  • Psychogenic death
  • Tarns
  • Horror fiction
  • Cats

Quick answers

Who wrote The Fall of the House of Usher and Four Other Tales (Black Cat / Fall of the House of Usher / Ms. Found in a Bottle / Oval Portrait / Three Sundays in a Week)?

The Fall of the House of Usher and Four Other Tales (Black Cat / Fall of the House of Usher / Ms. Found in a Bottle / Oval Portrait / Three Sundays in a Week) was written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1967.

What genre is The Fall of the House of Usher and Four Other Tales (Black Cat / Fall of the House of Usher / Ms. Found in a Bottle / Oval Portrait / Three Sundays in a Week)?

It is usually shelved as Gothic Fiction, Horror and Dragon Fiction.

How long is The Fall of the House of Usher and Four Other Tales (Black Cat / Fall of the House of Usher / Ms. Found in a Bottle / Oval Portrait / Three Sundays in a Week)?

The median edition has 82 pages, about about an hour and a half of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Fall of the House of Usher and Four Other Tales (Black Cat / Fall of the House of Usher / Ms. Found in a Bottle / Oval Portrait / Three Sundays in a Week)?

Readers who like it often enjoy Great American Short Stories, The Evil Image and Seven Masterpieces of Gothic Horror.

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