La Falo de Uŝero-Domo

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La Falo de Uŝero-Domo

by Edgar Allan Poe

EO·~42 minutes

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A weary narrator receives an urgent letter from an old childhood friend, Roderick Usher, who summons him to the crumbling family estate that has long been shrouded in decay. The house, once a symbol of ancestral pride, now hangs over a stagnant lake, its walls mottled with age, fungal growth and a faint, unsettling vibration that seems to seep from the very stone. As the visitor approaches, the oppressive atmosphere and the stranger’s fragile mental state hint at deeper, unspoken anxieties that have taken root within the mansion’s walls.

Inside, the gloomy corridors echo with the sighs of neglect, and every cracked panel and warped beam feels like a reminder of the house’s slow disintegration. The narrator’s senses are assaulted by a lingering, oppressive gloom that blurs the line between reality and imagination, compelling him to confront the unsettling aura that pervades the estate. The stage is set for a tense exploration of memory, madness, and the strange forces that bind the Usher lineage to its decaying home.

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Language

eo

Duration

~42 minutes (40K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Robert L. Read, William Patterson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2006-01-31

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

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About the author

Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

1809–1849

A master of mystery and the macabre, he helped shape the modern detective story while giving classic Gothic fiction some of its darkest, most unforgettable images. His poems and tales, including "The Raven" and "The Tell-Tale Heart," still feel vivid, eerie, and surprisingly modern.

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