Great American Short Stories

A good-natured but lazy villager who falls asleep in the Catskill Mountains and wakes up twenty years later to a changed world.

The last male heir of the Usher family, suffering from a mysterious illness that heightens his senses and leads to his mental and physical decline.

A young Puritan man who ventures into the forest at night and encounters a satanic ritual, leading to a loss of faith and a lifetime of suspicion.

Roderick Usher's twin sister, who suffers from catalepsy and is seemingly buried alive, contributing to the gothic horror of the tale.

Goodman Brown's innocent wife, whose pink ribbons symbolize his initial faith and purity.