EAN: 9780241739846

POE EDGAR ALLAN THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER ...

A collection of Edgar Allan Poe's writings  including The Fall of the House of Usher —the
inspiration for the Netflix series from Mike Flanagan  the director of The Haunting of Hill
House and Midnight Mass !   This selection of critical writings  short fiction and poetry
demonstrates Poe’s intense interest in aesthetic issues and the astonishing power and
imagination with which he probed the darkest corners of the human mind. “The Fall of the House
of Usher” describes the final hours of a family tormented by tragedy and the legacy of the
past. In “The Tell Tale Heart”  a murderer's insane delusions threaten to betray him  while
stories such as “The Pit and the Pendulum” and “The Cask of Amontillado” explore extreme states
of decadence  fear and hate. For more than seventy years  Penguin has been the leading
publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1 700 titles 
Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across
genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by
introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors  as well as
up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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