Der Untergang des Hauses Usher

by Edgar Allan Poe, Redaktion Gröls-Verlag (Editor)

Overview

Es ist E.A.P. bekannteste Kurzgeschichte: Der namenlose Erzähler erhält Post von einem alten Jugendfreund. Roderich Usher, dessen Familie immer schon exzentrisch war, schreibt ihm. Der Erzähler wird gebeten, Roderich umgehend zu besuchen, denn Roderich sei von einer seltsamen Krankheit betroffen. Aufgeschreckt reitet der Freund eilig zum düsteren Familiensitz der Ushers und erlebt dort Haarsträubendes... Gröls-Klassiker (Edition Kleine Klassiker)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783988287106
Publisher:	Gröls Verlag
Publication date:	06/09/2023
Pages:	122
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.44(d)
Language:	German

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.