The Fall of the House of Usher

The Fall of the House of Usher is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. It was first published in September 1839 in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine. It was slightly revised in 1840 and published in a collection of Poe's stories called Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque. The poem "The Haunted Palace" is part of the story. Vincent Price and Myrna Fahey starred in a 1960 Roger Corman movie based on the story.

 Story 
This story is by an unnamed narrator who is a friend of Roderick Usher-who believes he is sick and dying.  His house is crumbling. Usher has a sister, Madeleine. She falls into a catatonic state. She appears dead.

Roderick knows she is not dead. He places her in the family tomb. On a stormy night, she rises from the tomb. She falls upon her brother. She is dead. Her brother dies from terror. The house crumbles and falls. The narrator flees and sees the spot where the house was has been covered by water.

 Other websites 


  (audiobook)
 Full text as reprinted in The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe (1850)
 Full text at Bartelby.com
 "The Fall of the House of Usher" with annotated vocabulary at PoeStories.com
 Full text  at American Literature
 Study guide
 Analysis by Martha Womack

Category:1830s short stories
Category:Horror stories
Category:Short stories by Edgar Allan Poe