Christopher Lee reads Edgar Allan Poe - 1: The Fall of House of Usher

Finally finding the best voice to read this story one of the masters of horror himself Christopher Lee..

"dreary" is such a beautiful word

christopher lee & poe. what a treat

Lee could read the phone book and make it sonorous and engaging.

I love listening to Christopher lee readings he has such charisma about him and a awesome reader.

Christopher Lee reads this fucking perfectly. He way he captured the mood of that climax towards the end was beautiful. I must try and find some more readings he did.

"The Fall of the House of Usher" always scared me as a kid, not because of the story, but because I have relatives named Usher and part of my brain was afraid their issues would happen to us, lol. I still loved Poe though

Fantastic :) I bought this from ASDA with a voucher when I was 9, by the time I was in my teens the two tapes were stretched, snapped & repaired several times but still got used most weeks... then lost when I left home. Started to listen to these and can recite word for word ... lol Thanks Mc

While I do also enjoy Basil Rathbone’s recitation of this iconic tale, by far this reading by Sir Christopher Lee is the greatest. His timbre hauntingly conveys Poe’s prose with a flow between enchanting yet also underlying terror; his reading of “The Haunted Palace” sends chills down my spine yet also creates the imagery Poe creates with his verse

Christopher Lee reading Poe is so relaxing.

I definitely borrowed this cassette tape from Sutton Coldfield Library when I was in England 28 years ago. I did not understand much of it at the time, but now I do a little bit better. It all brings back memories of the English countryside with dark, cold, wet and lonely winter time. Thank you for uploading.

You know this is absolutely brilliant when Dracula, himself, is reading Edgar Allan Poe.

Doesn't get any better than Christopher Lee. Man was a legend.

When I was literally a babe in arms and crying in the night, my mother (in pace requiescat) would walk around our home with me in one arm and a collection of Poe in the other. I can vividly recall the wonder I felt, though of course I cannot have understood more than a fraction of what I was hearing, when she read aloud The Fall of the House of Usher, Ligeia, and A Descent into the Maelstrom. This may sound like rampant bull, but I wouldn't dishonor my mother's memory. It left me with a love of literature, particularly Poe. What a wondeful gift.

No matter what he reads, Christopher Lee always makes it interesting. I just love listening to the sound of his voice as he reads; I can almost imagine sitting across from him in an armchair by the fire place on a stormy night, a book open on his lap, the flames in the hearth dancing as he reads aloud while a storm rages outside, lightning occasionally flashing across the dark, dancing skies...

Christopher Lee is one of the coolest people who ever lived. Absolute legend.

Absolutely superb, this man had such intelligence, and elequence, an intimate knowledge of what is required to narrate Poe, perfect.

this guy is a legend. saving all english students

it is an HONOR to listen to a story read by CHRISTOPHER LEE HIMSELF

the narrator in the story is one damn good friend. i can only dream of a friend like that to sit and read to me and indulge my fancies while i go nuts.