Did You ever read a book. Poe The Fall of the House of Usher DURING the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country, and at length found myself, as the shades of the evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher. Usher does mean: Its a trap. The book. Jump in or avoud? Maybe this thread too.