The Fall of the House of Usher

"There is a type of modern reader - a lover of detective stories. This reader was created by Edgar Allan Poe," said the famous writer Jorge Luis Borges about the great predecessor. Edgar Poe is owed not only by this... type of reader but also by a special type of writer. His influence has been marked on many remarkable phenomena in world literature. The progenitor of the detective genre, he equally successfully created masterpieces in other genres: horror stories with elements of fantasy; and romantic tales of love without boundaries; and much more. The singer of "anxious rustlings" Edgar Poe is unparalleled in everything that modern thrillers are famous for. Borderline states, the horror of the soul before the abyss, the split consciousness are masterfully portrayed in his stories. Precision in details, authorial detachment, subtle parody of the nightmares of the Gothic novel - these and other distinctive features of Edgar Poe's prose have made it captivating reading for many generations. The collection "The Fall of the House of Usher" includes some of the best works of Edgar Poe - psychological, detective, and fantastical. Mysterious stories in which it is difficult to draw the line between reality and fiction, and horror suppresses all other feelings.