Dec 26, 2009

The Fall of the House of Usher | The Fall of the House of Usher

At a glance:

Author: Edgar Allan Poe
First Published: 1839
Type of Plot: Horror
Time of Work: 1839
Setting: Unspecified
Principal Characters: The narrator, Roderick Usher, Madeline Usher
Genres: Short fiction, Gothic fiction, Horror literature
Subjects: Love or romance, Supernatural, Nineteenth century, Friendship, Incest, Mental illness, Fear, Sisters, Death or dying, Good and evil, Storms, Sick persons, Houses, mansions, or manors
Locales: Earth

The Story

Summoned to the House of Usher by a “wildly importunate letter,” which “gave evidence of nervous agitation,” the first-person narrator goes to reside for a time with the writer of this letter, Roderick Usher. Although Roderick had been one of his “boon companions in boyhood,” the narrator confesses early in the story that “I really knew little of my friend”; yet, by the end of this gothic tale, he has learned more about the occupants of the House of Usher than he is equipped to deal with. Indeed, one of these occupants is Roderick's twin sister,...

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The Fall of the House of Usher | The Fall of the House of Usher

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The Story

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