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The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales [15 stories]

  • 1960 first published
  • 384 pages
  • ★ 4.1 (10 ratings)
  • 18 editions

Edgar Allan Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales [15 stories] (1960) is a gothic fiction and horror story collection. It takes readers to Paris and Lofoten in Carnival. Characters include Father Time, Prince Prospero and Roderick Usher. Key subjects include crime, first-person narrative, Homicide and Hyperesthesia.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.1 out of 5 from 10 ratings, and 23 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 18 editions.

It runs to roughly 384 pages — 7–8 hours of reading at an average pace.

About The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales [15 stories]

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Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Tropes

Setting

Era

Characters

Subjects

  • American Horror tales
  • Children's fiction
  • Classic Literature
  • Crime
  • Crime fiction
  • Detective and mystery stories
  • First-person narrative
  • Gothic fiction
  • Homicide
  • Horror
  • Horror fiction
  • Horror stories
  • Horror tales
  • Hyperesthesia
  • Murder
  • American Short stories

Quick answers

Who wrote The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales [15 stories]?

The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales [15 stories] was written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1960.

What genre is The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales [15 stories]?

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

How long is The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales [15 stories]?

The median edition has 384 pages, about 7–8 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales [15 stories]?

Readers who like it often enjoy Selected English Short Stories (Nineteenth Century).

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