The inference is that the excerpt from "The Fall of the House of Usher" best captures the story's overall effect is A. There was an iciness, a sinking, a sickening of the heart—an unredeemed dreariness of thought which no goading of the imagination could torture into aught of the sublime.
It should be noted that an inference simply means the conclusion that can be deduced based on the information given.
In this case, the inference is that the excerpt from "The Fall of the House of Usher" best captures the story's overall effect is A. There was an iciness, a sinking, a sickening of the heart—an unredeemed dreariness of thought which no goading of the imagination could torture into aught of the sublime.
Therefore, the correct option is A.
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