The Fall of the House of Usher
Describe the setting Poe establishes at the beginning of the story?
What was the setting like?
What was the setting like?
The story begins at dusk on a crisp fall day in the 19th Century. The narrator arrives at what he sees as a forbidding mansion in a forlorn countryside. The mansion is covered by a fungus and encircled by a small lake (something like a moat). It is necessary to cross a bridge in order to gain access to the manor.
The Fall of the House of Usher