William Wilson

by Edgar Allan Poe

Overview

Il narratore di questa storia, che usa lo pseudonimo di William Wilson, descrive gli eventi della sua giovinezza. William incontra nella sua scuola un altro ragazzo che ha il suo stesso nome e gli assomiglia molto, e che è persino nato lo stesso giorno. Questo secondo William Wilson interferisce con l’autorità che il narratore esercita sui suoi compagni, diventando per lui oggetto di paura e competizione, finché una notte questi decide di intrufolarsi nella camera del suo rivale. Illuminandogli il viso con una lampada, il narratore crede di vedere un William Wilson diverso, e, terrorizzato, fugge dalla stanza.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788892967625
Publisher:	Leone Editore
Publication date:	10/16/2023
Sold by:	StreetLib SRL
Format:	eBook
File size:	746 KB
Language:	Italian

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.