The fall of the house of the Asher. According to E.A.

“There is this type of modern reader - a lover of detectives. This reader was created by Edgar Allan software, ”said the famous writer Jorge Louis Borges about the great predecessor. Edgar is owed by its existence not only this type of reader, but also a special type of writer. Its influence was indicated on many remarkable phenomena in the world literature. The ancestor of the detective genre, he no less successfully created masterpieces in other genres: and the shortages of horrors with elements of science fiction; and romantic stories about love that does not know borders; And much more.

the singer of the “alarming rustle” Edgar for the inimitable in everything that the modern thriller is famous for. The borderline states, the horror of the soul before the abyss, the bifurcation of consciousness are expertly depicted in its short stories. The accuracy in the details, the author’s detachment, the subtle parody of the nightmares of the Gothic novel - these and other distinctive features of Edgar's prose, allowed her to become exciting reading for many generations.

The collection “The Fall of the House of Asher” includes one of the best works of Edgar Poe - psychological, detective and fantastic. Mysterious stories in which it is difficult to draw a line between reality and fiction, and horror suppresses all other feelings.