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Preserving Shadows

Edgar Allan Poe · The Fall of the House of Usher · Project Gutenberg

2026-04-03
I could not help thinking of the wild ritual of this work, and of its probable influence upon the hypochondriac, when, one evening, having informed me abruptly that the lady Madeline was no more, he stated his intention of preserving her corpse for a fortnight...