Setting 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 know not how it was-
but, with the first glimpse of the building, a sense of insufferable gloom
pervaded my spirit.
-Edgar Allan Poe, "The Fall of the House of Usher"
Briefly describe this setting in your own words.