Show Plot Fall of the House of Usher

Authors: Edgar Allen Poe

Time Period: 1840

Setting: Usher mansion, in a dreary, isolated area

PLEASE NOTE: Characters in this costume plot are NOT listed according to act and scene.

Summary: "The Fall of the House of Usher" is a Gothic short story published in 1839. The narrative follows an unnamed visitor who arrives at a decaying mansion to comfort his ill childhood friend, Roderick. It culminates in a terrifying supernatural collapse of the house and family line.