#46 in Short stories
The Fall of the House of Usher
- 38
- Pages
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Our view
“The Fall of the House of Usher” is gothic fiction reduced to its essentials: madness, isolation, a family’s end, and under forty pages. The creeping atmosphere is its great strength, and some readers single out the elegance of Poe’s sentences. Others find it more eerie than frightening, or rank different tales of his higher. It rewards an unhurried evening more than a hunt for shocks.
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About the book
"The Fall of the House of Usher" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1839 in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine, then included in the collection Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque in 1840. The short story, a work of Gothic fiction, includes themes of madness, family, isolation, and metaphysical identities.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.6 across 360 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 71% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Short stories average of 7.8. That is how 7.6 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.5 | 22 | 6% |
| Hardcover | 7.5 | 338 | 94% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Fall of the House of Usher?
It has 38 pages — shorter than 99% of the ranked books in Short stories.
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