The Devil in the Belfry

Edgar Allan Poe tells the story of an isolated town called Vondervotteimittis in this story. The people in the quiet little borough get attacked by a devilish figure. The author discusses how the people of Belfry were attacked and how their life was affected. He tells us the problems of getting stuc......more

Relato irregular sobre un extraño pueblo llamado Vondervotteimittis y sus extraños pobladores, obsesionados por los relojes y el repollo. Este pueblo está ubicado en un hermoso valle, todas sus casas son iguales y sus vecinos visten de manera rara y fuman en pipa. Un día, llegó un pequeño visitante q......more

I have arranged my takeaway thoughts on this story into a haiku: "Ah, you, 'finest' town, So spoiled with monotony, Ya can't deal with trolls."......more

3.5 Stars rounded up to 4 Stars. "The tale is by Poe's admission a true grotesque that deals comically with the German intellectualism of his day and which also satirizes the credulity and conventionality of the mob. In the first publication of the story Poe provided a footnote to the name 'Vonde......more