“ I felt that I breathed an atmosphere of sorrow. ”
Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher (1839). copy citation
| Author | Edgar Allan Poe |
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| Source | The Fall of the House of Usher |
| Topic | sadness sorrow |
| Date | 1839 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | https://www.gutenberg.org/files/932/932-h/932-h.htm |
Context
“Dark draperies hung upon the walls. The general furniture was profuse, comfortless, antique, and tattered. Many books and musical instruments lay scattered about, but failed to give any vitality to the scene. I felt that I breathed an atmosphere of sorrow. An air of stern, deep, and irredeemable gloom hung over and pervaded all.
Upon my entrance, Usher rose from a sofa on which he had been lying at full length, and greeted me with a vivacious warmth which had much in it, I at first thought, of an overdone cordiality—of the constrained effort of the ennuyé man of the world.” source
Upon my entrance, Usher rose from a sofa on which he had been lying at full length, and greeted me with a vivacious warmth which had much in it, I at first thought, of an overdone cordiality—of the constrained effort of the ennuyé man of the world.” source
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