La caduta della Casa Usher / The Fall of the House of Usher

by Edgar Allan Poe

Overview

Perché Roderick Usher gli ha inviato quella richiesta urgente? Perché lo vuole presso la sua dimora in rovina? Questi sono gli interrogativi che accompagnano il narratore fino alla casa Usher.
Ma altre e ben più inquietanti domande si affolleranno nella sua testa incontrando il suo amico d’infanzia e la sorella gemella, divorati da un male misterioso che sembra aleggiare tra le pareti della casa.
Basterà la razionalità a spiegare gli strani accadimenti e la morte di Lady Madeleine o sarà soltanto l’inizio del trionfo delle oscure forze che dominano l’universo?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788892967540
Publisher:	Leone Editore
Publication date:	10/05/2023
Sold by:	StreetLib SRL
Format:	eBook
File size:	769 KB
Language:	Italian

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.