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Titre :
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The fall of the house of Usher : an other stories
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Auteurs :
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Edgar Allan Poe, Auteur ;
Adrian Kelly, Adaptateur
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Type de document :
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texte imprimé
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Editeur :
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Longman, 2000
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Collection :
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Penguin readers
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ISBN/ISSN/EAN :
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978-0-582-42128-8
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Format :
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54 p. / ill. en coul.
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Note générale :
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1200 words
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Langues:
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Américain
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Résumé :
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Discover the final days of the last living Usher twins, a family doomed by tragedy. Enter their mansion, which the owner, Roderick Usher, thinks is responsible for his deteriorating mental health and melancholy. Meet an unnamed murderer who insists he is sane, but is suffering from over-acuteness of the senses ; will his delusions betray him ? Read about murders in 19th century Paris which the police find very confusing.
But of course the young and clever Monsieur Dupin can no doubt solve the mystery...
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Note de contenu :
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There are five stories : "The Fall of House of Usher" and "the Barrel of Amontillado" are stories of madness ; "The Maelstrôm" describes fear of death during a storm on the ocean ; and in "The Murders of the Rue Morgue" and "The Stolen Letter" meet C. Auguste Dupin, Poe's famous Parisian detective.
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Nature du document :
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fiction
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Genre :
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fantastique/nouvelle
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Thème de fiction :
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enquête/peur/suspense
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