The facts of Mr. Voldemar's case

by Edgar Allan Poe, Boris Tkachenko (Translator)

Overview

"Facts in the Case of Mr. Voldemar" is a story by the American writer Edgar Allan Poe, written in 1845. The main theme of the story is mesmerism. The story is told in the first person. the author conducts an experiment on his acquaintance Mr. Waldemar, who is dying of tuberculosis. The author places him in a "mesmeric state" in order to explore the peculiarities of the dying process in this state. The author then describes the consequences of his experience. The story, written in the genres of suspense and horror, was first published without an explanation that it was a work of fiction, and was taken by many as documentary evidence of a real-life experience of magnetism. Translated by Boris Tkachenko. Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing © Ukraine — Kyiv 2023

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780880045421
Publisher:	Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
Publication date:	04/03/2023
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	18
File size:	269 KB
Age Range:	16 - 18 Years
Language:	Ukrainian

About the Author

Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) was orphaned at the age of three and adopted by a wealthy Virginia family with whom he had a troubled relationship. He excelled in his studies of language and literature at school, and self-published his first book, Tamerlane and Other Poems, in 1827. In 1830, Poe embarked on a career as a writer and began contributing reviews and essays to popular periodicals. He also wrote sketches and short fiction, and in 1833 published his only completed novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. Over the next five years he established himself as a master of the short story form through the publication of "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Masque of the Red Death," "The Tell-Tale Heart," and other well–known works. In 1841, he wrote "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," generally considered the first modern detective story. The publication of The Raven and Other Poems in 1845 brought him additional fame as a poet.