Book Club - Halloween Reading
The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
A quick read, with a creepy sense, but not really a scary story.
The narrator wishes to experiment with mesmerism on a person very near death, as Valdemar is. What he witnesses is something I can easily imagine would be horrific in viewing...
He is relaying the facts of what happened due to rumors in the street, and when this story was published, it did not claim to be fiction, so many people felt that it was a true account. Poe let that go on for a while before admitting it was pure fiction.
So let's read another short one to discuss on Thursday!
There's a horror, huh??
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