Which author wrote 'The Fall of the House of Usher'?

Which author wrote 'The Fall of the House of Usher'?

• A. Hawthorne
• B. T. S. Eliot
• C. James Joyce
• D. Poe

Answer: (D)

Edgar Allan Poe is the author of The Fall of the House of Usher. This story is a classic example of Poe’s Gothic style, with a haunted, decaying mansion reflecting the mental unraveling of the characters. The narrator’s visit to the Usher house builds a mood of creeping dread, weaving atmosphere, superstition, and psychological tension until the structure and the brothers collapse. Poe is renowned for stories of horror, mystery, and the macabre, which is why this tale is associated with him. By contrast, Hawthorne wrote other American Gothic works like The Scarlet Letter, while T. S. Eliot and James Joyce are known for modernist poetry and experimental prose, not this story.