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The Fall of the House of Usher

Edgar Allan Poe

Start date: June 1, 2016

Finish date: June 30, 2016

Discussion: Short Story/Novella Collection

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Dec 11, 2020 RJ - Slayer of Trolls rated it liked it

Shelves: read-short-story, 1001-books-read

hold tight, we're in for nasty weather ...more

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Dec 21, 2017 Kelly_Hunsaker_reads ... rated it liked it

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I am not really a fan of this genre so my words must be taken with that thought in mind, but I didn't really enjoy this story. I read The Cask of Amontillado many years ago and the shock of that story has lingered in my mind. I found it really scary. This one though just irritated me. I wasn't shocked or afraid. ...more

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Apr 27, 2022 Tom Britz rated it really liked it

The antiquated language was all that marred this tale of an ancient family that has been dying out for a very long time. A premature burial instigated the last memorable scene. The lady Usher, the sister of Roderick had some sort of illness that rendered her apparently lifeless, yet the brother somehow knew that she was still alive. The climax comes in the face of a powerful storm and the reappearance of the sister. When she attacks her brother, he succumbs and dies, Our narrator rushes out of t ...more

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Oct 15, 2009 Laura rated it really liked it

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Available at ThoughtAudio.

Free download at Gutenberg Project. ...more

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Oct 16, 2024 Suvi rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: gothic, short-stories, 1800s

"I had so worked upon my imagination as really to believe that about the whole mansion and domain there hung an atmosphere peculiar to themselves and their immediate vicinity—an atmosphere which had no affinity with the air of heaven, but which had reeked up from the decayed trees, and the gray wall, and the silent tarn—a pestilent and mystic vapour, dull, sluggish, faintly discernible, and leaden-hued."

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Oct 15, 2023 Andreea rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: classics, reread, gothic-love, bloody-horror, short-story-or-novella, borrowed-ebooks, mystery-my-love

Perfect read for a rainy day. Short, gothic, unexpected.

This story is all about atmosphere and it's pretty much only description, but it is still highly entertaining. ...more

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