The Fall of the House of Usher Novel pdf

Edgar Allan Poe is a famous American poet and novelist. He possessed an extraordinary poetic and literary talent; He began reading and writing poetry when he was five years old, which surprised his teachers, and throughout his life, writing was his haven and haven. He began publishing his poetry since he was a conscript, under the pseudonym "Alan Berry", then continued his literary production. In addition to his poetry, he had a distinctive story production that made him a founding father of what was known as “Gothic horror literature,” which was replete with stories and stories. "Po" died a poor debtor at the age of forty in the year 1849 CE, two years after the death of his young wife, whom he loved so badly, because of his cruelty and pain.

The Fall of the House of Usher novel pdf by Edgar Allan Poe

The story begins with the unnamed narrator arriving at the house of his friend, Roderick Usher, having received a letter from him in a distant part of the country complaining of an illness and asking for his help. Although Poe wrote this short story before the invention of modern psychological science, Roderick's condition can be described according to its terminology. It includes a form of sensory overload known as hyperesthesia (hypersensitivity to light, sounds, smells, and tastes), hypochondria (an excessive preoccupation or worry about having a serious illness), and acute anxiety. It is revealed that Roderick's twin sister, Madeline, is also ill and falls into cataleptic, deathlike trances. The narrator is impressed with Roderick's paintings, and attempts to cheer him by reading with him and listening to his improvised musical compositions on the guitar. Roderick tells the narrator that he believes the house he lives in to be alive, and that this sentience arises from the arrangement of the masonry and vegetation surrounding it…