{"_id":"6292c393fa5c01e51eff5d48","title":"The Fall of the House of Usher","publish_year":1839,"publish_source":"The Gentleman’s Magazine","publish_edition":"Vol. 5, Iss. 3","publish_scan":"https://archive.org/details/sim_grahams-magazine_1839-09_5_3/page/144/mode/2up","author":"Edgar Allan Poe","code":"the-fall-of-the-house-of-usher","words":7274,"image":"gothic.jpg","image_alt":"A spired castle looming high. Graphite filter","genres":["gothic","horror","literary"],"blurb":"I know not how it was—but, with the first glimpse of the building, a sense of insufferable gloom pervaded my spirit.","description":"A man comes to the aid of the Roderick Usher and his sister Madeline, who are both ill. Roderick however begins to tell the narrator that he believes the house to be sentient.","unique_cover":"A wrapped figure emerging from an entrance.","cover_source":"Harry Clarke","cover_link":"https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/harry-clarke-s-illustrations-for-poe-s-tales-of-mystery-and-imagination-1919/","cover_position":"top","has_review":false,"has_collections":false}