Kind of literature : Fantastic
Landscape : An isolated house plus a very glaucous pool in front of it, both able to give the shivers to anyone...
Story :
In the 19 th century, a man comes to visit an ill relative called Mr Usher, whose sister is ill too. Unfortunately, she dies during the visit of our man. Later, one night, our man comes back to read Mr Usher some frightening stories (why not, in a so lovely place...). Suddenly, they heard some scratches in the house, downstairs... We discover it is the so-called dead sister, burried alive by mistake...
In the 19 th century, a man comes to visit an ill relative called Mr Usher, whose sister is ill too. Unfortunately, she dies during the visit of our man. Later, one night, our man comes back to read Mr Usher some frightening stories (why not, in a so lovely place...). Suddenly, they heard some scratches in the house, downstairs... We discover it is the so-called dead sister, burried alive by mistake...
Our visitor, scared to death, rushed out of this hellish house, and once outside, he turned back and saw a huge crack in front of the house, that collapsed in the dark watered pool...
Topics :
- Wrong diagnoses of death ? Very possible, considering that at that epoch, medecine knowledge was less advanced that nowadays... It could have been easy to diagnose death instead of coma...
- Wrong diagnoses of death ? Very possible, considering that at that epoch, medecine knowledge was less advanced that nowadays... It could have been easy to diagnose death instead of coma...
- Death (and all that has to deal with it) is the man's biggest fear
Comments :
The writing is very gloomy, it makes me think about Lovecraft...delightfully out of date, capable of creating a sick feeling to the reader, thanks to a very special athmosphere. This text is very short but really forceful. A brilliant work...My advice : Read it, but not when you are alone in the house by a stormy evening...
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