Poe
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"Poor Pym!" – Verne Meets Poe in Antarctica
My current interest in Antarctica led me to finally read The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, by Edgar Allan Poe, and its sequel An Antarctic Mystery, by Jules Verne. (I am the biggest Vernian fangirl ever, so this duology sounded written for me.) While in fairness I can only give Pym 3 stars Continue reading
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8 ♠ The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Another re-read and another Dupin – hurrah! One of the many wonderful things about this Poe story is the beginning. The narrator basically starts with a spiel on how checkers players have to be more analytical than chess players, since “the higher powers of the reflective intellect are more decidedly and more usefully tasked by the Continue reading
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4 ♠ The Mystery of Marie Rogêt … A ♥ The Old Manse
The Mystery of Marie Rogêt is from the trio of C. Augustus Dupin mysteries by Edgar Allan Poe. It is closely based on the real-life murder of Mary Cecilia Rogers, except the setting is Paris instead of New York City. Marie Rogêt leaves her home one Sunday evening, purportedly to visit a relative, and she is Continue reading
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