The Fall of the House of Usher
Edgar Allan Poe · 1839 · Short Story
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Poe established the foundational elements of psychological and gothic horror, where the internal state of characters mirrors and is influenced by their decaying environment.
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A narrator visits his ailing friend, Roderick Usher, whose sister is seemingly dead. The story details the psychological decay of Roderick and his sister, intertwined with the physical decay of their ancestral home.
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