The Fall of the House of Usher By Edgar Allan Poe

"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 picked this quote because I thought it portrayed Edgar's writing style very well. It describes the setting in a dark and gloomy way, and right off the start we can tell that this story is not going to be a happy story, but more like a scary one.