"The only joy in the world is to begin...." Cesare Pavese

"The only joy in the world is to begin...." Cesare Pavese

Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Poe Baudelaire Bloch

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....


https://www.gutenberg.org/files/932/932-h/932-h.htm



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During a whole autumn day, a sooty, dark and silent day, when the clouds weighed heavy and low in the sky, I had crossed alone and on horseback a strangely gloomy expanse of country, and finally, as the evening shadows approached I found myself in sight of the melancholy Usher House....


https://www.gutenberg.org/files/20790/20790-h/20790-h.htm#LA_CHUTE_DE_LA_MAISON_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, by automobile, through a singularly dreary tract of country, and at length found myself, as the shades of the evening drew on, within view of my destination….


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