The Fall of the House of Usher

and Other Writings

Edgar Allan Poe, Peter Ackroyd, David Galloway , David Galloway

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Penguin Classics
07 August 2025

Poetry; Classic fiction (pre c 1945); Classic horror & ghost stories; Short stories

Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics

The 100th title in the phenomenally successful and much-loved Penguin Clothbound Classics series

This selection of Poe's stories, poetry and other writing demonstrates the astonishing power and imagination with which he probed the darkest corners of the human mind. 'The Fall of the House of Usher' describes the final hours of a family tormented by tragedy and the legacy of the past. In 'The Tell-Tale Heart', a murderer's insane delusions threaten to betray him, while stories such as 'The Pit and the Pendulum' and 'The Cask of Amontillado' explore extreme states of decadence, fear and hate.

This is the 100th volume in the much-loved Penguin Clothbound Classics series, designed by Coralie-Bickford Smith. These delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality, colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.

This edition also includes an introduction by the novelist, curator and academic David Galloway.

By: Edgar Allan Poe
Introduction by: David Galloway, David Galloway
Edited by: Peter Ackroyd
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 204mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 40mm
Weight: 750g
ISBN: 9780241739846
ISBN 10: 0241739845
Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics
Pages: 560
Publication Date: 07 August 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-49) was born in Boston and orphaned at an early age. Taken in by a couple from Richmond, Virginia, he spent a semester at the University of Virginia but could not afford to stay longer. After joining the Army and matriculating as a cadet, he started his literary career with the anonymous publication of Tamerlane and Other Poems, before working as a literary critic. His life was dotted with scandals, such as purposefully getting himself court-martialled to ensure dismissal from the Army, being discharged from his job at the Southern Literary Messenger in Richmond after being found drunk by his boss, and secretly marrying his thirteen-year-old cousin Virginia (listed twenty-one on the marriage certificate). His work took him to both New York City and Baltimore, where he died at the age of forty, two years after Virginia.