The Fall of the House of Usher and other Stories

Resumen del libro

The story begins with the unnamed narrator arriving at the house of his friend, Roderick Usher, having received a letter from him in a distant part of the country complaining of an illness and asking for his help. As he arrives, the narrator notes a thin crack extending from the roof, down the front of the building and into the lake.

It is revealed that Roderick's twin sister, Madeline, is also ill and falls into cataleptic, deathlike trances. The narrator is impressed with Roderick's paintings, and attempts to cheer him by reading with him and listening to his improvised musical compositions on the guitar. Roderick sings The Haunted Palace, then tells the narrator that he believes the house he lives in to be alive, and that this sentience arises from the arrangement of the masonry and vegetation surrounding it.

This edition of the book contains more short stories by Edgar Allan Poe.

Biografía del autor

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) fue uno de los grandes genios de la literatura universal. Sus cuentos, a menudo teñidos de un terror psicológico sin igual, exploraron obsesiones, miedos y lo sobrenatural con un estilo lírico y preciso que marcó a generaciones. Pionero del género detectivesco con su inolvidable Auguste Dupin, Poe también dejó huella como poeta, autor de versos tan célebres como El cuervo, que aún resuena en la cultura popular. Su vida, breve y turbulenta, alimentó la leyenda de un escritor maldito y romántico, pero su obra trasciende cualquier anécdota personal: es un viaje fascinante a los abismos del alma y una invitación perpetua a cruzar las fronteras de la realidad.