The Fall of the House of Usher

The Fall of the House of Usher is a short story by Poe, first published in 1839 in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine.

The story follows the unnerving experience of a nameless narrator who is summoned to care for a reclusive friend and his sister in an old, haunted mansion. Both are mentally and physically unwell, their paranoia and agitation being exacerbated by strange happenings in and around the property. Soon, the narrator himself begins to experience the eerie old house and its ghostly inclinations. Poe ties themes of madness, mystery, suspense, death and the ethereal together into one of the most gripping short stories ever published.

© 2021 SNR Audio (Lydbog): 9781914230714

Release date

Lydbog: 20. januar 2021