Två klassiker noveller The fall of the house of Usher av Edgar Allan Poe + The Vampyre av John Polidori

 The fall of the hous of Usher

The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe. "The Fall of the House of Usher" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1839. 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. As he arrives, the narrator notes a thin crack extending from the roof, down the front of the building and into the adjacent lake. 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 textures, 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. Roderick and Madeline are the only remaining members of the Usher family.

The Vampyre

"The Vampyre" is a short story or novella written in 1819 by John William Polidori which is a progenitor of the romantic vampire genre of fantasy fiction. The tale was first published in book form by Sherwood, Neely, and Jones in London, Paternoster-Row, in 1819 in octavo as The Vampyre; A Tale in 84 pages. The notation on the cover noted that it was: "Entered at Stationers' Hall, March 27, 1819". Initially, the author was given as Lord Byron. Later printings removed Byron's name and added Polidori's name to the title page. John William Polidori (7 September 1795 - 24 August 1821) was an English writer and physician of Italian descent. He is known for his associations with the Romantic movement and credited by some as the creator of the vampire genre of fantasy fiction. His most successful work was the 1819 short story, The Vampyre, one of the first vampire stories in English. Although originally and erroneously accredited to Lord Byron, both Byron and Polidori affirmed that the story is Polidori's.

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Efter jag hade lyssnat på ljudboken What moves the dead som jag recensera igår, så valde jag att lyssna på Poes novell som den baseras på, jag har läst novellen förut men precis som då kan jag inte säga vad den egentligen handlar om och vad jag tyckte om den, det var en ok ljudbok att lyssna på men sen så minns jag inte något av den efteråt.

The Vampyre, hörde jag första gången talas om för några månader sen då jag såg på en booktuber som läser mycket klassiker, och hade en utmaning, readathon, att hon då hade valt att läsa denna novell då den sägs vara ursprungsberättelsen till alla berättelser om Vampyrer, då blev jag ju givietvis intresserad av att läsa den.

Men precis som  Poes novell så har jag dålig koll på vad den handlade om efter några veckor, så jag har inte någon aning om vad jag ska skriva om den i denna recension, men jag vet att jag gillade den mycket mera att lyssna på en Poes när jag lyssnade på den.