Edgar Allan Poe 
The Fall of the House of Usher [EPUB ebook] 

‚The Fall of the House of Usher‘ is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe.
The story begins with the unnamed narrator arriving at the house of his friend, Roderick Usher, having received a letter from him in a distant part of the country complaining of an illness and asking for his help. As he arrives, the narrator notes a thin crack extending from the roof, down the front of the building and into the adjacent lake.
The short story, a work of Gothic fiction, includes themes of Madness, Family, Isolation and Metaphysical identities.