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  • Paperback: 64 pages
  • Publisher: Longman; Pap/Cas edition (7 Mar 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0582421284
  • ISBN-13: 978-0582421288
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 0.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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Usher thinks the house is making him and his sister sick. They are going mad and Usher asks an old friend to help them. Can Usher win the fight against madness? And will Madeline ever be well again? Edgar Allan Poe's short stories are still popular a hundred and fifty years after his death. Other titles featured here include The Barrel of Amontillado and The Murders in the Rue Morgue.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Once upon a midnight dreary ..., 20 Jan 2007
This review is from: The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings (Penguin Classics) (Paperback)
Great stuff - it's hard to believe that Poe's short stories were written in the first half of the 19th century. They are superbly modern, even postmodern, in their claustrophobic obsession with mystery, darkness, death and decay, madness, cruelty and torture. Poe is a master stylist, a superb writer of English, and all the stories are compact and totally consistent in atmosphere and tone.

As another reviewer mentions, this collection also inlcudes the detective stories about M. Dupin, solving the mysteries of "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and "The Purloined Letter". These are masterpieces of short fiction, while "The Black Cat" and "The Tell-tale Heart" are truly horrific. Other stories are more gothic - "Ligeia" and "The Fall of the House of Usher", while "The Pit and the Pendulum", "The Masque of the Red Death" and "The Cask of Amontillado" are compact, dense tales of medieval cruelty, torment and horror.

Also included in this edition are some poems ("The Raven" is a particular highlight) and some of Poe's non-fiction writing - magazine articles, theatre and book reviews.

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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect Introduction, 16 Sep 2001
By jonograil@aol.com (Cornwall, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Fall of the House of Usher (Classics) (Paperback)
This a collection of the best writings of Poe, featuring all of the most well known works such as the Raven.

It is an ideal introduction to the works of one of the greatest poet/story writers ever.

A great value for money book, and as I said, the perfect introduction.

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10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Writing, 23 Mar 2002
This review is from: The Fall of the House of Usher (Classics) (Paperback)
Edgar Allan Poe was perhaps the greatest American short story writer in our history. He is a surrealist and a subtle master of the pyschological thriller. In fact, it was Poe who created the Detective/Mystery genre, and it was he from whom Sir Author Conan Doyle drew his inspiration for Sherlock Holmes.

Poe, however, reaches his peek when he is telling a tale of madness and horror. My absolute favorite Poe tale is The Fall Of The House Of Usher. Also, the Pit And The Pendulum is an excellent read.

And, as has been stated, this book is an excellent primer for all would be Poe enthusiasts.

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