Project Gutenberg 2006-01-31 Public domain in the USA. 77 Poe, Edgar Allan 1809 1849 Poe, Edgar Allen Grobe, Edwin 1927 2015 The Fall of the House of Usher. Esperanto La Falo de Uŝero-Domo Reading ease score: 35.6 (College-level). Difficult to read. Produced by Robert L. Read, William Patterson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "La Falo de Uŝero-Domo" by Edgar Allan Poe is 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. (This is an automatically generated summary.) eo Horror tales PS Text Esperanto Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 77461 76165 2024-10-07T15:25:25.946465 2023-09-08T05:46:53.519228 text/html text/html 75431 2020-06-28T22:02:29 text/html; charset=utf-8 28377 2006-01-31T04:54:12 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 96391 2024-10-07T15:25:30.076436 application/epub+zip 96783 2024-10-07T15:25:27.636461 application/epub+zip 96782 2024-10-07T15:25:26.529425 application/epub+zip 180506 2024-10-07T15:25:31.870421 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 172230 2024-10-07T15:25:29.435418 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 148594 2022-09-08T11:01:01.418869 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 64100 2024-10-07T15:25:25.582469 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 64127 2006-01-31T04:51:56 text/plain; charset=utf-8 25793 2006-01-31T04:54:12 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 64040 2006-01-31T04:50:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 25685 2006-01-31T04:54:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21678 2024-10-07T15:25:32.003397 application/rdf+xml 12570 2024-10-07T15:25:27.071427 image/jpeg 3337 2024-10-07T15:25:26.796467 image/jpeg 93358 2024-10-07T15:25:25.954461 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog eo.wikipedia en.wikipedia