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The Fall of the House of Usher & Other Stories
[Penguin Readers Level 3]
Usher thinks the house is making him and his sister sick. They are going mad and Usher asks an old friend to help them. Can Usher win the fight against madness? And will Madeline ever be well again? Edgar Allan Poe's short stories are still popular a hundred and fifty years after his death. Other titles featured here include The Barrel of Amontillado and The Murders in the Rue Morgue.
Usher thinks the house is making him and his sister sick. They are going mad and Usher asks an old friend to help them. Can Usher win the fight against madness? And will Madeline ever be well again? Edgar Allan Poe's short stories are still popular a hundred and fifty years after his death. Other titles featured here include The Barrel of Amontillado and The Murders in the Rue Morgue.
54 pages, Paperback
Published May 10, 2001
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June 9, 2025
The Barrel of Amontillado was the best for me ✨
February 29, 2008
poe is a really excellent writer and more varied than i thought he would be. i really enjoyed the detective fiction and the seafaring stuff in addition to the horror. i have two of these books which mostly overlap but one has two stories the other doesnt. stories i read include:
the balloon haox
ms. found in a bottle
a descent into the maelstrom
the murders in the rue morgue
the purloined letter
the black cat
the fall of the house of usher
the pit and the pendulum
the masque of the red death
the cask of amontillado
the assignation
the tell-tale heart
diddling
the man that was used up
the narrative of a. gordon pym
--
the facts in the case of m. valdemar
hop-frog
the balloon haox
ms. found in a bottle
a descent into the maelstrom
the murders in the rue morgue
the purloined letter
the black cat
the fall of the house of usher
the pit and the pendulum
the masque of the red death
the cask of amontillado
the assignation
the tell-tale heart
diddling
the man that was used up
the narrative of a. gordon pym
--
the facts in the case of m. valdemar
hop-frog
September 9, 2020
[3,5/5]
December 21, 2021
I haven’t read any works from Edgar Allan Poe before, so this was a nice and short introduction.
July 1, 2015
1.level 3
2. June 30: 30min July 1:70min
3.death,scarly,ill, murder,house, strange,dangerous
4.a)A man heared from Usher. Usher is his old friend. Usher wrote a letter to ask him come and see .Usher was very sick...
b) I scared the scene when Usher's sister died and they consigned her body to the grave. But three days later she showed up in front of them suddenly .
5. I regretted reading this book. Because I don't like dreadful stories.There are five stories in this book. I want to go to bed after listening to happy songs. lol
2. June 30: 30min July 1:70min
3.death,scarly,ill, murder,house, strange,dangerous
4.a)A man heared from Usher. Usher is his old friend. Usher wrote a letter to ask him come and see .Usher was very sick...
b) I scared the scene when Usher's sister died and they consigned her body to the grave. But three days later she showed up in front of them suddenly .
5. I regretted reading this book. Because I don't like dreadful stories.There are five stories in this book. I want to go to bed after listening to happy songs. lol
January 8, 2013
-Penguin Readers, level 3
-Time: 80 minutes
-7 Words: terrible, weak, whirlpool, storm, wine, orang-utan, letter
-Discussion Questions:
1. Have you ever seen whirlpool?
No, I haven't. It's very dangerous, but I want to see it once.
2. What do you think people have little dangerous animals?
If they have them safely, it's okay. They have to think other people's safe and live.
-Time: 80 minutes
-7 Words: terrible, weak, whirlpool, storm, wine, orang-utan, letter
-Discussion Questions:
1. Have you ever seen whirlpool?
No, I haven't. It's very dangerous, but I want to see it once.
2. What do you think people have little dangerous animals?
If they have them safely, it's okay. They have to think other people's safe and live.
June 17, 2013
Penguin, level 3.
Time 6/15=35min. 6/17=70min. total=105min.
Seven word summary / a mad man, fiend, house, sister, mystery, illness, death
Q. Where is your favorite spot in your house?
A. There is Loft in my house and I like there! Loft is little narrow, but it is comfortable!
There are 5 stories in this book. All stories were little scary, mystery, and interesting.
Time 6/15=35min. 6/17=70min. total=105min.
Seven word summary / a mad man, fiend, house, sister, mystery, illness, death
Q. Where is your favorite spot in your house?
A. There is Loft in my house and I like there! Loft is little narrow, but it is comfortable!
There are 5 stories in this book. All stories were little scary, mystery, and interesting.
April 29, 2008
Basic Plot: An ancient family home falls apart as the family itself does. (Plus more stories)
The Fall of the House of Usher is a study in suspense and madness. I love Poe's work and the way he crafts stories.
The Fall of the House of Usher is a study in suspense and madness. I love Poe's work and the way he crafts stories.
September 30, 2008
Poe's masterful horror comes out again in this story of dead people coming back to life and incest. It's really quite disgusting, but one of Poe's best, I would say.
August 27, 2011
Terribly boring.....
May 10, 2014
Muy interesante! Aunque los policiales me aburrieron un poco, los de terror estuvieron fabulosos, adore el final de "The Maelström"
October 21, 2007
a very good mysterious story... wow
the invitation of doing unintended murder
the invitation of doing unintended murder
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