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| Original Title: | A Descent into the Maelström |
| ISBN: | 1594561680 (ISBN13: 9781594561689) |
Edgar Allan Poe
Paperback | Pages: 36 pages Rating: 3.55 | 1896 Users | 116 Reviews
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| Title | : | A Descent into the Maelstrom |
| Author | : | Edgar Allan Poe |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 36 pages |
| Published | : | February 2nd 2004 by BookSurge Classics (first published 1841) |
| Categories | : | Classics. Short Stories. Horror. Fiction. Gothic |
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Inspired by the Moskstraumen, it is couched as a story within a story, a tale told at the summit of a mountain climb. 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." The narrator, convinced by the power of the whirlpools he sees in the ocean beyond, is then told of the "old" man's fishing trip with his two brothers a few years ago.Rating Of Books A Descent into the Maelstrom
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3.5 StarsI have yet to read another writer with the ability to take all my senses into a story and make me live it. Poe is a wonder and an amazement to me. He describes a whirlpool a mile wide, a descent, and an escape. This stressed me out, scared me. Wow. What great skill!
The Maelstrom is a vortex of water off the coast of Norway that whirls and drags objects to the rocky bottom of the sea. When a fishing boat encounters a hurricane it gets thrown off course into the area of the Maelstrom. Poe's short story is exciting and suspenseful as the fisherman tries to save himself from certain death from this violent force of nature.
A fascinating tale of a man's near-death experience in a giant maelstrom or whirlpool at sea. A man on a ship is being sucked slowly toward a massive whirling pool of water. The bottom equals death and there's no way out. So how does he respond? At first, he gives himself over to his fate. He knows he's doomed. But in a way this is liberating. He "became possessed with the keenest curiosity" about the whirlpool and "positively felt a wish to explore its depths, even at the sacrifice I was going
A study in both the Sublime and how to write about motion. Possibly the most Lovecraftian of Poe's short stories, except without the monsters and cosmic horror.
I read this short story for an AP Literature class of mine. My group and I had to present it to the class and give a brief summary, describe the use of figurative language, use an example of literary criticism, etc. I found that there wasn't much literary criticism for the story to begin with. That may have had to do with the fact that the story itself didn't reach much popularity compared to Poe's other works. Despite the lack of popularity, I expected the story itself to be very interesting.
The science made it for me. It was a really smart move from the seaman.
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