...horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country ; and at length found myself, as the shades of evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House...with the first glimpse of the building, a sense of insufferable gloom pervaded my spirit. I say insufferable ; for the feeling was unrelieved by any of...

...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...on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher. ... Its proprietor, Roderick Usher . . . spoke of acute bodily illness — of a mental disorder which...

...accident that Poe already had the narrator in "The Fall of the House of Usher" (published 1839) say: I know not how it was - but, with the first glimpse of the building, a sense of insufferable gloom pervaded my spirit. I say insufferable; for the feeling was unrelieved by any of...

...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...on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher. Notice how the castle waits to appear within view until we have labored our way through the winding...

...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...with the first glimpse of the building, a sense of insufferable gloom pervaded my spirit.1 I say insufferable; for the feeling was unrelieved by any of...

...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...with the first glimpse of the building, a sense of insufferable gloom pervaded my spirit. I say insufferable; for the feeling was unrelieved by any of...

...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...with the first glimpse of the building, a sense of insufferable gloom pervaded my spirit. I say insufferable; for the feeling was unrelieved by any of...

...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...with the first glimpse of the building, a sense of insufferable gloom pervaded my spirit. I say insufferable; for the feeling was unrelieved by any of...

...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...country, and at length found myself, as the shades of evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher. . . I looked upon the scene before me...

...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...on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher. (P&T, 317) The motionlessness of this opening sentence, reflecting the morbid scene it describes, can...