The Fall of the House of Usher — Part 1

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The Fall of the House of Usher — Part 1

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A dull, dark, and soundless day. A lone rider on horseback. And a house that fills him with dread before he ever reaches the door. Gothic Summer opens with Edgar Allan Poe's 1839 masterpiece: after a brief welcome, we read the story's entire opening paragraph aloud, word for word — the approach to the melancholy House of Usher, the black tarn, and those vacant, eye-like windows. No notes, no summary. Just Poe's own words.

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