Ms. Found in a Bottle (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Edgar Allan Poe
- First Published: 1833
- Type of Plot: Adventure
- Time of Work: The 1800's
- Setting: The high seas
- Principal Characters: The unnamed narrator
- Genres: Short fiction, Mystery and detective literature, Adventure
- Subjects: Traveling or travelers, Storms, Fantasy, Ships, Adventure
- Locales: Oceans
The Story
The narrator begins his frightening tale with a one-paragraph introduction of himself. Although he does not give his age, he is probably middle-aged, for he has spent many years in foreign travel. Time and “ill usage” have estranged him from both his native country and his family. He has been well educated, especially in the natural sciences, but has been accused of “a deficiency of imagination.” He describes himself as a person who cannot be lured from “the severe precincts of truth by the ignes fatui of superstition.”
The narrator sets sail on a...
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