The Fall of the House of Usher Named Greatest 19th Century American Short Story

Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” has been named the Greatest 19thCentury American Short Story.
The story was first published in the September 1839 issue of Burton’s Gentleman’s Magazine. The magazine was published in Philadelphia and Poe was the editor and a contributor in late 1839.Usher is the most anthologized American short story ever, appearing in many literary anthologies since the early twentieth century.
The story placed Number 1 in a new book  The Greatest 19...