The Fall of the House of Usher
Why does the narrator go to the house?
Why does the narrator go to the house
Why does the narrator go to the house
Usher sent the narrator a letter requesting a visit.
A letter, however, had lately reached me in a distant part of the country--a letter from him--which, in its wildly importunate nature, had admitted of no other than a personal reply. The MS. gave evidence of nervous agitation. The writer spoke of acute bodily illness--of a mental disorder which oppressed him--and of an earnest desire to see me, as his best, and indeed his only personal friend, with a view of attempting, by the cheerfulness of my society, some alleviation of his malady.
The Fall of the House of Usher