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The Fall of the House of Usher

Edgar Allan Poe · 1839

This 1839 gothic tale by Edgar Allan Poe follows a nameless narrator who rides to the gloomy House of Usher to visit his boyhood friend Roderick Usher, who has summoned him while suffering from acute bodily illness and mental disorder.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

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