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The Fall of the House of Usher
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bookshelves: gothic
Apr 25, 2017
bookshelves: gothic
Read 2 times. Last read June 10, 2017 to June 14, 2017.
Wow, what a fantastic story. You have all the gothic elements crammed in here: a haunted (perhaps even sentient) house, a mysterious illness, madness, death, entombment, a dungeon, a violent storm, a cursed family, hints of possible incest (?), resurrection, bizarre poetry, and a story-within-the-story about a knight slaying a dragon. And binding this all together is Poe's inimitable style and narrative drive. It's horror of the creepy, atmospheric kind (the best kind, IMHO), the kind that gets under your skin and makes you feel it in a thousand subtle ways.
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Jan 27, 2018 07:14PM
Wow, fabulous review Michael! I'm pretty sure I read all (or most of Poe's works) but some of them were so long ago. If I remember correctly, this one might have been read to me by a babysitter when I was little - I remember having nightmares for a long time about a dragon flying in and around a haunted house that seemed to hiss bad things at me - hahaha
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Jaline wrote: "Wow, fabulous review Michael! I'm pretty sure I read all (or most of Poe's works) but some of them were so long ago. If I remember correctly, this one might have been read to me by a babysitter whe..."Thank you so much, Jaline! Poe is fantastic (in every sense), but I would have had nightmares too if my babysitter had read this to me!
And another one I'm excited to read! Thanks for the great review!
Tom wrote: "And another one I'm excited to read! Thanks for the great review!"Thanks so much, Tom! I'm excited for you, and I look forward to your thoughts. This is a terrific dark tale.
