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The Fall of the House of Usher
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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. I know not how it was--but, with the first glimpse of the building, a sense of insufferab…
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- AuthorEdgar Allan Poe
- SourceProject Gutenberg #932
- Length7,211 words · 29 min of reading
- ChaptersNot detected
- DictionaryIncluded
- CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
- Source checked2026-09-06
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