Book Description:
The Fall of the House of Usher is Edgar Allan Poe’s quintessential tale of Gothic dread — a haunting narrative steeped in decay, madness, and the supernatural. When the unnamed narrator visits the crumbling estate of his childhood friend Roderick Usher, he is drawn into a world of eerie silence, familial torment, and psychological unraveling.
As a mysterious illness consumes Roderick and his sister Madeline, the house itself seems to pulse with doom. With lyrical prose and a mounting sense of unease, Poe weaves a story where setting and mind mirror each other — a chilling descent into fear, isolation, and the collapse of reason.
About Edgar Allan Poe:
Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, and literary critic renowned for his macabre and mysterious tales. A pioneer of the modern short story and detective fiction, Poe’s works — including The Raven, The Tell-Tale Heart, and The Fall of the House of Usher — delve into themes of death, madness, and the supernatural. His lyrical prose and haunting imagination secured his legacy as a master of Gothic literature and psychological horror.