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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 the free full text, the full story summary, the full story analysis, and explanations of important quotes from “The Fall of the House of Usher.”
