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iPoe Challenge review: The Oblong Box

May 13, 2010 By 2 Comments

After the weirdness of the last Poe story I read, it was a pleasure to get back to a more straightforward narrative from Poe in the 1844 published tale, The Oblong Box. The story follows an unnamed narrator as he takes a sea voyage from South … [Read more...]

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iPoe Challenge review: The Devil in the Belfry

May 6, 2010 By 4 Comments

In this 1839 tale (which you can read for free HERE), Poe takes us to the unusual Dutch borough of Vondervotteimittiss where houses are 'so precisely alike, that one can in no manner be distinguished from the other'. Even the people are identical … [Read more...]

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iPoe Challenge review: A Descent into the Maelström

September 20, 2009 By 2 Comments

Feeling guilty that I've overlooked my iPoe Reading Challenge all summer, and impressed by the remarkable progress that Kristen has made on her own Poe Fridays reading project (good job Kristen!), I set about getting myself back on track and … [Read more...]

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iPoe Challenge review: The Premature Burial

April 26, 2009 By 1 Comment

It’s been a while since I’ve had the pleasure of reposing in my reading chair with an Edgar Allan Poe short, so feeling a bit guilty about that I settled down earlier today with a tale as its name suggests, that focuses on the abhorrent thought … [Read more...]

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iPoe Challenge review: Von Kempelen and His Discovery

January 21, 2009 By Leave a Comment

What kind of Poe fan would I be if I didn't read at least one of his stories on his anniversary? Answer - a bad one! So I took it upon myself to read the next story in my iPoe reading list - Von Kempelen and His Discovery. I know it's just down … [Read more...]

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iPoe Challenge review: The Balloon-Hoax

January 13, 2009 By Leave a Comment

With only 6 days to go until the 200th anniversary of Edgar's birth you may have thought I'd forgotten all about my iPoe reading challenge, but I haven't. Way too many commitments pushed my progress through this to the back, but today I managed to … [Read more...]

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The New Adventures of Edgar & Rob!

December 15, 2008 By 1 Comment

You'll never guess who came to stay at the weekend? (well actually you probably would, simply from looking at the snapshots, but just humour me OK? :o)) That's right, none other than Mr. Edgar Allan Poe! He'd heard about the iPoe Reading Challenge … [Read more...]

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iPoe Challenge review: The Gold-Bug

December 14, 2008 By 2 Comments

The narrator relates the tale of a friend, William Legrand, who following the discovery of a bug made of solid-gold, seemingly heads down a path of insanity as his demeanor and character rapidly begin to change. Legrand’s apparent bout of insanity … [Read more...]

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iPoe Challenge review: The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall

December 8, 2008 By 1 Comment

Briefly, the story follows Hans Pfaall, a madcap schemer, who concocts a plan to get himself out of financial difficulty by travelling to the moon in a balloon. The story opens with an apparent alien visitor emerging from the clouds in a balloon, and … [Read more...]

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iPoe Reading Challenge progress

November 25, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Apologies to those tuning in to follow the progress on my recently launched iPoe Challenge, only to find I've not made a lot of progress really. What would seem like a dormant reading challenge is actually quite the opposite. I've been busy … [Read more...]

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