{"product_id":"the-fall-of-the-house-of-usher-and-other-tales-paperback","title":"The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdgar Allan Poe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eStephen Marlowe\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eRegina Marler\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eClassic tales of mystery, terror, imagination, and suspense from the celebrated master of the macabre.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis volume gathers together fourteen of Edgar Allan Poe's richest and most influential tales, including: \"The Pit and the Pendulum,\" his reimagining of Inquisition tortures; \"The Tell-Tale Heart,\" an exploration of a murderer's madness, which Stephen King called \"the best tale of inside evil ever written\"; \"The Fall of the House of Usher,\" Poe's tour de force about a family doomed by a grim bloodline curse; and his pioneering detective stories, \"The Purloined Letter\" and \"The Murders in the Rue Morgue,\" featuring a rational investigator with a poetic soul. Also included is Poe's only full-length novel, \u003ci\u003eNarrative of A. Gordon Pym\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eWith an Introduction by Stephen Marlowe \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eand an Afterword by Regina Marler\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdgar Allan Poe\u003c\/b\u003e (1809-1949) received a good education, first in England, then in a private school at Richmond, and later spent a year at the University of Virginia before he ran away to enlist in the army. Between 1827 and 1831, he published three volumes of poetry: \u003ci\u003eTamerlane\u003c\/i\u003e (1827), \u003ci\u003eAl Aaraaf\u003c\/i\u003e (1829), and \u003ci\u003ePoems\u003c\/i\u003e (1831). From 1831 to 1835, he lived in Baltimore, where he began a lifelong struggle with poverty, disappointments in love, and addiction to alcohol. This last defect made it impossible for him to retain the editorial positions he later secured on magazines in Richmond, Philadelphia, and New York, despite the fact that the tales and book reviews he contributed greatly increased circulation. In May 1836, he married Virginia Clemm, a child of thirteen and the daughter of a paternal aunt. In April 1844, he moved his family to New York, and in January of the following year his literary fortunes turned when his poem \"The Raven\" appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Evening News\u003c\/i\u003e. Overnight, he became the most talked-about man of letters in America. Early in 1847 his wife died, and the year 1848 saw the end of two unhappy love affairs. He died on October 7, 1849. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen Marlowe\u003c\/b\u003e (1928-2008) was the author of more than fifty novels, including the internationally acclaimed \u003ci\u003eMemoirs of Christopher Columbus\u003c\/i\u003e, which was awarded the French Prix Gutenberg du Livre in 1988, and in 1997, he received a lifetime achievement award from the Private Eye Writers of America. His novel \u003ci\u003eThe Lighthouse at the End of the World\u003c\/i\u003e revolves around the real and imagined life of Edgar Allan Poe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRegina Marler\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eBloomsbury Pie: The Making of the Bloomsbury Boom\u003c\/i\u003e, and editor of \u003ci\u003eQueer Beats: How the Beats Turned America On to Sex\u003c\/i\u003e. While still in graduate school, she was chosen by the heirs of Virginia Woolf to edit the letters of Woolf's artist sister, Vanessa Bell, which appeared as \u003ci\u003eSelected Letters of Vanessa Bell\u003c\/i\u003e in 1993. Marler lives in San Francisco.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 6.8 x 4.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 03, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987970457901,"sku":"9780451530318","price":10.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/UEJUUDFBQmZOVTJXak90RWYrNi9Udz09.webp?v=1776188487","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-fall-of-the-house-of-usher-and-other-tales-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}