The Fall of the House of Usher 厄舍府的沒落(英文版)
TheFalloftheHouseofUsherisashortstorybyAmericanwriterEdgarAllanPoe,firstpublishedin1839.ItiswidelyconsideredEdgarAllanPoe'sgreatestwork,andamasterpieceofGothichorror.Thestorybeginswiththeunnamednarratorarrivingatthehouseofhisfriend,RoderickUsher,whocomplainsofanillnessandaskingforhishelp.Roderick'sconditioncanbedescribedaccordingtoitsterminology.Itincludesaformofsensoryoverloadknownashyperesthesia,hypochondria,andacuteanxiety.ItisrevealedthatRoderick'stwinsister,Madeline,isalsoillandfallsintocataleptic,deathliketrances.ThenarratorisimpressedwithRoderick'spaintings,andattemptstocheerhimbyreadingwithhimandlisteningtohisimprovisedmusicalcompositionsontheguitar.Rodericksings"TheHauntedPalace",thentellsthenarratorthathebelievesthehousehelivesintobealive,andthatthissentiencearisesfromthearrangementofthemasonryandvegetationsurroundingit.
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