The Masque of the Red Death by Harry Clarke, 1919
“The “Red Death” had long devastated the country. No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous.”-The Masque of the Red Death, Edgar Allan Poe
The Fall of the House of Usher by Harry Clarke, 1919
“While I gazed, this fissure rapidly widened-there came a fierce breath of the whirlwind-the entire orb of the satellite burst at once upon my sight-my brain reeled as I saw the mighty walls rushing asunder-there was a long tumultuous shouting sound like the voice of a thousand waters-and the deep and dank tarn at my feet closed sullenly and silently over the fragments of the “HOUSE of USHER.”-The Fall of the House of Usher, Edgar Allan Poe
The Pit and the Pendulum by Harry Clarke, 1919
“I was sick-sick unto death with that long agony; and when they at length unbound me, and I was permitted to sit, I felt that my senses were leaving me.”-The Pit and the Pendulum, Edgar Allan Poe
Sylvia Plath Quote
The Raven by Édouard Manet, 1875.
“And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor/Shall be lifted-nevermore!”-The Raven, Edgar Allan Poe
Sylvia Plath was born on 27 October 1932.
Sylvia Plath.
It is cold and blustery, today, but the sun shines with extra force. How appropriate.
“Eternity bores me, I never wanted it.”-Sylvia Plath, Ariel: The Restored Edition
The Premature Burial by Harry Clarke, 1919.
“THERE are certain themes of which the interest is all-absorbing, but which are too entirely horrible for the purposes of legitimate fiction.”-The Premature Burial, Edgar Allan Poe
Ligeia by Harry Clarke, 1919.
“I cannot, for my soul, remember how, when, or even precisely where, I first became acquainted with the lady Ligeia.”-Ligeia, Edgar Allan Poe
The Black Cat by Aubrey Beardsley, 1894-1895.
“For the most wild, yet most homely narrative which I am about to pen, I neither expect nor solicit belief.”-The Black Cat, Edgar Allan Poe
The Cask of Amontillado by Harry Clarke, 1919.
“The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as best I could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge.”-The Cask of Amontillado, Edgar Allan Poe
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