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What power does the family's ancestral home hold over Roderick and Madeline Usher? 1839 gothic horror read by Sean Barrett.

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.

30 minutes

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Mon 30 Nov 202000:30
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