A Descent into The Maelstrom Contributor(s): Cedeno, Yasmira (Editor), Poe, Edgar Allan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1545304289 ISBN-13: 9781545304280 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $7.72 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2017 |
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BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections |
Physical Information: 0.06" H x 6" W x 9" (0.11 lbs) 28 pages |
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Publisher Description: A Descent into the Maelstr m" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. In the tale, a man recounts how he survived a shipwreck and a whirlpool. It has been grouped with Poe's tales of ratiocination and also labeled an early form of science fiction. Inspired by the Moskstraumen, it is couched as a story within a story, a tale told at the summit of a mountain climb in Lofoten, Norway. The story is told by an old man who reveals that he only appears old-"You suppose me a very old man," he says, "but I am not. It took less than a single day to change these hairs from a jetty black to white, to weaken my limbs, and to unstring my nerves." e |