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Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Fall of the House of Usher” was first published in 1839 in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine
. This creepy, atmospheric tale is a first-person narrative told by an unnamed narrator who visits his friend Roderick Usher’s isolated family manor to support Roderick through a mysterious illness. At publication, the story caused such a stir that it spurred publishers Lea & Blanchard to print a two-volume collection of Poe’s short stories called Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque the very next year. It is today considered a Gothic masterpiece and is one of Poe’s most popular short stories.Read a full story summary, a full story analysis, and explanations of important quotes from “The Fall of the House of Usher.”
