This guide uses the Elegant Ebooks version of the text, which is freely available through the University of Pennsylvania library’s Online Books Page. “The Fall of the House of Usher” is a foundational Gothic text and helped to cement the Gothic aesthetic. Auguste Dupin, who appears in “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” (1841), “The Purloined Letter” (1845),” and “The Mystery of Marie Roget” (1845). Poe invented the literary detective with his character C. He is best known for his poetry and short stories, which treat themes of mystery, ill-fated love, madness, the macabre, and the supernatural. Poe is considered one of the founders of Gothic and Romantic literature in the United States. It first appeared in Burton’s Gentleman’s Magazine published in 1839 and in Poe’s collection of short stories Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque in 1840. American author Edgar Allan Poe wrote the Gothic short story “The Fall of the House of Usher” in 1839.
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