The Fall of the House of Usher (1998) (edit title/settings)

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• Roderick Usher: master of the House of Usher
• Madeline Usher: sister of Roderick Usher
• Narrator: old friend of Roderick Usher

Quotes edit see section history

• “There was an iciness, a sinking, a sickening of the heart .”

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• It was this unfathomable longing of the soul to vex itself-to offer violence to its own nature—to do wrong for the wrong’s sake only—that urged me to continue and finally to consummate the injury I had inflicted upon the unoffending brute.

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Paris
• Amontillado
• Nantucket
• Lofoden
• Atlantic
• Moskoe
• Pacific
• Chantilly
• Europe
• London
• Tsalal
• Venice
• New Bedford

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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Edgar Allan Poe (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

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• Dewey: 813.3

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States › Classics › Poe, Edgar Allen
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics