Description
A truly spine-tingling story, told in Edgar Allan Poe’s unmistakable atmospheric style.
The Fall of the House of Usher describes the final hours of a family tormented by tragedy and the legacy of the past. A nameless narrator is summoned to the home of his childhood friend, Roderick Usher, who is plagued with crippling anxiety and believes his house is sentient. When his sister Madeline—prone to death-like trances—eventually dies, Roderick asks the narrator to help entomb her in the family vault.
Edgar Allan Poe was a master of short fiction, and this is frequently cited as the crown jewel of his prose writing.