The Premature Burial

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​⁠There are certain themes of which the interest is all-absorbing, but which are too entirely horrible for the purposes of legitimate fiction. These the mere romanticist must eschew, if he do not wish to offend or to disgust. They are with propriety handled only when the severity and majesty of Truth sanctify and sustain them. We thrill, for example, with the most intense of “pleasurable pain” over