The Fall of the House of Usher: Edgar Allan Poe's Gothic Masterpiece of Madness, Decay, and the Supernatural

by Edgar Allan Poe, Zenith Golden Quill

Overview

🏚️ A crumbling mansion. A cursed bloodline. A descent into terror. In The Fall of the House of Usher, Edgar Allan Poe delivers one of the most chilling and psychologically haunting tales in American literature. As the narrator visits his childhood friend Roderick Usher, he is drawn into a nightmarish world of madness, premature burial, and an ancestral home that seems alive with malevolence 🌫️🕯️. Blending Gothic horror, poetic prose, and philosophical depth, this short story captures Poe's signature exploration of fear, isolation, and the boundaries between life and death. This edition includes critical annotations, historical context, and atmospheric illustrations—perfect for fans of classic horror and literary suspense. "A flawless Gothic tale—eerily poetic and utterly terrifying." — The New York Review of Books "Poe remains the undisputed master of psychological horror." — The Guardian 📘 Click Buy Now to step inside the house... if you dare.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9782386914638
Publisher:	Zenith Golden Quill
Publication date:	05/20/2025
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	37
File size:	248 KB

About the Author

Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) was orphaned at the age of three and adopted by a wealthy Virginia family with whom he had a troubled relationship. He excelled in his studies of language and literature at school, and self-published his first book, Tamerlane and Other Poems, in 1827. In 1830, Poe embarked on a career as a writer and began contributing reviews and essays to popular periodicals. He also wrote sketches and short fiction, and in 1833 published his only completed novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. Over the next five years he established himself as a master of the short story form through the publication of "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Masque of the Red Death," "The Tell-Tale Heart," and other well–known works. In 1841, he wrote "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," generally considered the first modern detective story. The publication of The Raven and Other Poems in 1845 brought him additional fame as a poet.