Edgar Allan Poe Audiobook Collection 3 characters

Appears from the start

A longtime friend of Roderick Usher who answers an urgent request to visit the Usher family home. Practical and observant, he is disturbed by the house and its occupants but tries to explain what he sees rationally.

Appears from the start

A sensitive, physically frail musician and the last male member of the ancient Usher family. He summons his childhood friend because he is suffering from acute fear, nervous agitation, and painfully heightened senses.

Appears from the start

Roderick's twin sister and the only other surviving member of the Usher family. She is gravely ill with a mysterious condition that leaves her weak and subject to trance-like attacks.

First appears in chapter 2

An unnamed condemned man who begins with an argument about the human urge to perform a forbidden or self-destructive act simply because reason warns against it.

First appears in chapter 2

A wealthy man whose death benefits the narrator. The narrator studies his habits and devises a means of killing him that will resemble an ordinary natural death.