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The Oblong Box
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- Instance of
- literary work
- Author
- Edgar Allan Poe
- Genre
- horror literature
- Country of origin
- United States
- Image
- OblongBox1844.jpg
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- title
- The Oblong Box
- language of work or name
- English language
- first line
- Some years ago, I engaged passage from Charleston, S. C, to the city of New York, in the fine packet-ship “Independence,” Captain Hardy. We were to sail on the fifteenth of the month (June), weather permitting; and on the fourteenth, I went on board to arrange some matters in my stateroom.
- last line
- My own mistake arose, naturally enough, through too careless, too inquisitive, and too impulsive a temperament. But of late, it is a rare thing that I sleep soundly at night. There is a countenance which haunts me, turn as I will. There is an hysterical laugh which will forever ring within my ears.
- form of creative work
- short story
- work available at URL
- www.projekt-gutenberg.org/poe/langkist/langkist.html
- publication date
- 1844-00-00
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