La Falo De Uŝero-Domo
1839
La Falo De Uŝero-Domo
1839
Translated by Edwin Grobe
A short novel written in the early to mid-19th century. This classic tale of gothic horror explores themes of madness, decay, and the supernatural, centering around the eerie atmosphere of the Usher family mansion and its inhabitants. The story unfolds through the perspective of an unnamed narrator who visits his childhood friend Roderick Usher, revealing the deep psychological and physical afflictions that both the house and the family suffer from. The narrative begins with the narrator's arrival at the Usher mansion, where he encounters Roderick, whose mental state has severely deteriorated. As they spend time together, the narrator learns about Roderick's twin sister, Madeline, who is afflicted by a mysterious illness. The atmosphere grows increasingly oppressive, filled with a sense of impending doom, as Roderick reveals his fears surrounding his family lineage and the haunting nature of their ancestral home. Eventually, Madeline dies and is entombed in a vault within the house, but her return from the grave culminates in a dramatic and terrifying conclusion that sees the house itself collapse, both physically and metaphorically, symbolizing the end of the Usher bloodline and the destructive power of fear and isolation.
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“Not hear it? --yes, I hear it, and have heard it. Long --long --long --many minutes, many hours, many days, have I heard it --yet I dared not --oh, pity me, miserable wretch that I am! --I dared not --I dared not speak! We have put her living in the tomb!””
— Edgar Allan Poe
“His heart is a suspended lute; As soon as you touch it, it resonates.””
— Edgar Allan Poe
“I was forced to fall back upon the unsatisfactory conclusion, that while, beyond doubt, there are combinations of very simple natural objects which have the power of thus affecting us, still the analysis of this power lies among considerations beyond our depth. It was possible, I reflected, that a mere different arrangement of the particulars of the scene, of the details of the picture, would be sufficient to modify, or perhaps to annihilate its capacity for sorrowful impression.””
— Edgar Allan Poe
“I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country, and at length found myself, as the shades of evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher.””
— Edgar Allan Poe
“I must perish in this deplorable folly. Thus, thus, and not otherwise, shall I be lost. I dread the events of the future, not in themselves, but in their results. I shudder at the thought of any, even the most trivial, incident, which may operate upon this intolerable agitation of soul. I have, indeed, no abhorrence of danger, except in its absolute effect”
— Edgar Allan Poe
“A cadaverousness of complexion; an eye large, liquid and very luminous...finely molded chin, speaking, in its want of prominence, of a want of moral energy.””
— Edgar Allan Poe
“During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens...””
— Edgar Allan Poe
“It was, perhaps, the narrow limits to which he thus confined himself upon the guitar, which gave birth, in great measure, to the fantastic character of his performances.””
— Edgar Allan Poe
“I looked upon the scene before me”
— Edgar Allan Poe
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