The Fall of the House of Usher.

An old friend sends a letter to the narrator informing him that he is in need of help. Like a good friend should (no matter if they have not seen or heard from each other in so long) he went to visit the his friend. The man was Roderick Usher. The family and house are connected somehow, and since the family is dying or meant to, the house is also going to "die" or come to it's end. Roderick and his sister Madeline are the last Ushers alive. Roderick has a mental disability that causes him to bury his sister alive. He has gone mad. Madeline had a disease that was trance-like. It had to do with paralysis which at times made her seem dead because she would not wake up and her pulse could not be felt. Using this to his advantage Roderick attempted to kill her because it would end her suffering. She wakes up entombed, but escapes driven mad by this she finds Roderick and ends up killing him and herself. The narrator feels as if he is going crazy too when this is occurring around him. He has had enough and runs from the house. While turning back he sees the house collapse and sink into the ground symbolizing the death of the curse.
^retribution from the grave in a way fits with Madeline.