This story MOST likely takes place A) in the present day.

B) in the distant future.

C) during the American civil war.

D) when American first became a country.

Read the excerpt from “the fall of the house of usher” by edgar allan poe. this opinion, in its general form, was that of the sentience of all vegetable things. but, in his disordered fancy the idea had assumed a more daring character, and trespassed, under certain conditions, upon the kingdom of inorganization.