“One day, whilst sauntering along the streets, I arrested myself in the act of murmuring, half aloud, these customary syllables.”
Posted by lorneau in UncategorizedJustin made me do it.
“I was, perhaps, the more forcibly impressed with it, as he gave it, because, in the under or mystic current of its meaning, I fancied that I perceived, and for the first time, a full consciousness on the part of Usher, of the tottering of his lofty reason upon her throne.”
Rules:
* Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence
* Post that sentence along with these instructions
* Don’t dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.
I did have to dig it from under twenty mangas, but I played honestly: this was the book nearest me (and mangas are not books, c’mon). “Edgar Allan Poe – Selected Poems & Tales”, illustrated by Mark Summers, introduction by Neil Gaiman. Page 56 is right in the middle of “The Fall of the House of Usher”. And I am extremely glad I never found a place for this behemot in my shelves, because the other nine books near me are dictionaries.
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