Manuscript Found in a Bottle, Edgar Allan Poe
Manuscript Found in a Bottle, Edgar Allan Poe
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Manuscript Found in a Bottle

Author: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrator: Larry G. Jones

Unabridged: 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/15/2018

Categories: Fiction, Horror


Synopsis

Poe’s characters often take turns for the worse, and this is the literal case in this shipwreck story by the author. Aboard a ship taking off from Indonesia, the narrator’s ship and crew is struck by a storm that kills everyone but the narrator and one other crewmember. As the ship sales on under the enchantment of the storm, it collides with another seemingly enchanted object – a large, black galleon crewed by blind men. The narrator keeps a ship’s log while aboard, and is forced to abandon it over the side of the ship with the hopes of someone reading it someday – as terror takes its final toll.  

About Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American poet, short story writer, editor, and literary critic who is credited with inventing the detective fiction genre and with contributing to the emerging science fiction genre. He began his literary career with the anonymous publication of a collection of his poems entitled Tamerlane and Other Poems. He then turned to writing prose and spent the next several years working for literary journals and periodicals, becoming well known for his particular style of literary criticism. He served for a time on the staff of the New York Mirror, in which his poem "The Raven" was published. Poe's other well-known works include his stories "The Purloined Letter," "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," and "The Mystery of Marie Roget."


Reviews

Poe starts this one by making it absolutely clear that his narrator has no imagination; he is rational, stable, and perhaps even a little bit dull. So that means he is sane or, at the very least, he thinks he is. And there’s the rub. Why would he take such efforts to tell us this? Does he want you......more

Goodreads review by oyshik

MS. Found in a Bottle by Edgar Allan Poe It is one of Poe's sea tales where an unnamed narrator finds himself in some frightening situations. Not his best work, I feel. But still, there was terror and suspense in this short story. A feeling, for which I have no name, has taken possession of my soul......more

احدي قصص مجموعة قناع الموت الاحمر تحت اسم: مخطوطة في قنينة......more

Goodreads review by Melina

"Είμαστε, αναμφίβολα, καταδικασμένοι να ζυγιαζόμαστε αέναα στο χείλος της αιωνιότητας, χωρίς να κάνουμε ποτέ την τελειωτική βουτιά στην άβυσσο."......more