The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe (Book Analysis)

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<i>The Fall of the House of Usher</i> by Edgar Allan Poe, a short story which combines elements of several genres.
<i>The Fall of the House of Usher</i> focuses on an unknown illness which seems to plague the Usher family home, for which there appears to be no cure, nor any physical cause. The short story was first published in 1839 in
<i>Burton’s Gentleman’s Magazine</i> before being slightly revised in 1840 for
<i>Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque</i>. Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, editor and critic who was best known for his short stories. He is also credited as the founder of the detective genre and contributed to the emergence of science fiction. He died in 1849.

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