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The poem by Edgar Allan Poe, first published on January 29, 1845, in the New York Evening Mirror. The poet read it publicly for the first time in a literary salon hosted by his friend Anne Lynch Botta .The work is noteworthy for its distinct, rhythmic, melodic sound, linguistic stylization, and a sense of horror. It tells of a mysterious visit that a speaking raven makes to a man in despair after the loss of his beloved, portraying the slow process of the unfortunate man descending into madness.

The Fall of the House of Usher is a gothic novel by Edgar Allen Poe. The story tells of a mysterious house and an unnamed narrator's horrific experience with it.

We are all driven by needs, desires, ambitions and many other forces. Life runs as normal with the obligatory ups and downs. In this volume such literary leviathans as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Nikolai Gogol, Edgar Allan Poe, Charlotte Perkins Gilman and many others provide tales from pens that seep with wisdom and worry.

Old Fred Parker feels helpless while watching his business fall prey to the sickest elements of a society in decay. One bleak and dreary afternoon, however, Fred's beloved Emporium is visited by an odd little man with strange old clothes and horrible ideas. Fred Parker is compelled to contemplate the difference between right and wrong as his life is transformed forever.

First published in an 1839 edition of Burton's Gentleman's Magazine, "The Fall of the House of Usher" is the story of the declining physical and psychological health of the residents of the House of Usher - and the way in which the house itself reflects that. Gothic in theme and style, the story is an exemplar of Poe's philosophy of composition, which dictates that literary works should be short and methodological and have a unity of effect wherein all the elements of the story are related and relevant.

Not a mere reading, you will hear wraiths howl, the dead walk, and the massive old house of Usher fall in this unique new audio dramatization. This presentation is based on a classic radio script written by veteran scripter Les Crutchfield (who some sources consider a pseudonym for the then blacklisted screen writer Dalton Trumbo) and originally presented on the popular radio series Escape on the night of October 22, 1947.

Talvolta, per alcuni esseri umani, l'amore può diventare una malattia: una malattia insopportabile. Ma Poe vuol mettere in guardia costoro: "malattia, forse follia..." sembra dire, "...ma prima o poi, un'anima nera troverà la propria punizione !"

L'assassino di un vecchio avvocato dopo aver commesso l'efferato omicidio, viene tormentato dal suono fantasma del cuore della vittima, smembrata e occultata sotto il pavimento. Durante un interrogatorio, proprio sul luogo dove è seppellito il pover'uomo assassinato, il cuore 'rivelatore' sospinge alla follia l'avvocato il quale fuori controllo confessa l'omicidio. Classico racconto del romanzo gotico, "Il cuore rivelatore" è considerato fra le massime espressioni dell'opera di Poe.

Inventore del racconto poliziesco e del thriller psicologico, nella sua sterminata produzione Edgar Allan Poe ha affrontato atmosfere torbide e terrificanti, trame allucinanti e bizzarre, intrecci misteriosi decifrabili solo con l’utilizzo di una lucida logica, mondi inquietanti e anche grotteschi, riuscendo sempre a penetrare a fondo nell’anima delle situazioni fino alle più estreme conseguenze.

Mental illness though can still carry a stigma. A case of ‘you’re not trying hard enough’, ‘or knuckling down and getting on with it’. But in more recent decades mental issues have come to be recognised as an illness, a disease rather than an affliction. We all remember horror stories of lobotomy’s and electric shock being used to ‘cure’ what society viewed as anti-social behaviour but illness, mental or physical is very real. Depression, schizophrenia, breakdown, psychosis are alarming events to have or to witness.

Alex McKnight war Polizist in Detroit, bis sein Partner erschossen und er selbst schwer verletzt wurde. Nun lebt er in der Einsamkeit von Paradise, einem idyllischen Fleckchen im Norden Michigans und vermietet Holzhütten an Touristen. Zwischen Fischern, Imbissbuden und seiner früheren großen Liebe verläuft sein Leben in geordneten Bahnen. Doch mitten im Winter finden sich in dieser Gegend Spuren eines Fremden, der eigentlich nicht dort sein kann. Er sitzt im Gefängnis.