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Edgar Allan Poe

The Fall of the House of Usher

Episode 1

BBC Radio 4 Extra

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 7Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

What power does the family's ancestral home hold over Roderick and Madeline Usher?

A man's descent into madness seems bound to the house of his ancestors.

First published in 1839, Edgar Allan Poe's gothic horror story in two parts.

Read by Sean Barrett.

Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in September 2003. Show less

Source: BBC Online

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