The Fall of the House of Usher pdf

إدجار آلان بو: شاعِرٌ وقصصيٌّ أمريكيٌّ شَهِير. امتَلَكَ مَوْهبةً شِعْريَّةً وأَدبيَّةً فَذَّة؛ فقَدْ بَدأَ قِراءةَ الشِّعْرِ وكِتابتَهُ وهُوَ فِي الخامِسةِ مِن عُمْرِهِ مِمَّا أثارَ دَهْشةَ مُعلِّمِيه، وطَوالَ حَياتِهِ كانَتِ الكِتابةُ مَلاذَهُ ومَلْجأَهُ مِنَ المُشْكلاتِ الكُبْرى الَّتِي عاشَها. بَدأَ بنَشْرِ شِعْرِهِ مُنذُ كانَ مُجنَّدًا وذلِكَ تَحتَ اسْمٍ مُسْتعارٍ هُوَ «آلان بيري»، ثُمَّ تَوالَى إِنْتاجُهُ الأَدَبي. وبجانِبِ شِعْرِهِ كانَ صاحِبَ إِنْتاجٍ قصَصيٍّ مُميَّزٍ جَعلَهُ أبًا مُؤسِّسًا لِمَا عُرِفَ ﺑ «أَدَب الرُّعْبِ القُوطي» الَّذي حَفلَتْ قِصصُهُ بالفَظائِعِ والمَخاوفِ الَّتي عَكسَتْ طَبِيعتَهُ الحَزِينةَ المُتشائِمة. تُوُفِّيَ «بو» فَقِيرًا مَدِينًا عَنْ أَرْبعِينَ عامًا في عامِ ١٨٤٩م، بعْدَ عامَيْنِ مِن وَفاةِ زَوْجتِهِ الشابَّةِ الَّتي أحَبَّها بشِدَّةٍ وآلمَهُ عَدمُ تَمكُّنِهِ مِنَ الوَفاءِ بنَفَقاتِ عِلاجِها.

pdfThe Fall of the House of Usher مجانا للكاتب إدجار آلان بو

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. Although Poe wrote this short story before the invention of modern psychological science, Roderick's condition can be described according to its terminology. It includes a form of sensory overload known as hyperesthesia (hypersensitivity to light, sounds, smells, and tastes), hypochondria (an excessive preoccupation or worry about having a serious illness), and acute anxiety. It is revealed that Roderick's twin sister, Madeline, is also ill and falls into cataleptic, deathlike trances. The narrator is impressed with Roderick's paintings, and attempts to cheer him by reading with him and listening to his improvised musical compositions on the guitar. Roderick tells the narrator that he believes the house he lives in to be alive, and that this sentience arises from the arrangement of the masonry and vegetation surrounding it…