"The loss of the two or three final chapters (for there were but two or three) is the more deeply to be regretted, as, it cannot be doubted, they contained matter relative to the Pole itself, or at least to regions in its very near proximity; and as, too, the statements of the author in relation to these regions may shortly be verified or contradicted by means of the governmental expedition now preparing for the Southern Ocean."
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Edgar Allan Poe, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, 1838
100 years ago, Amundsen reached the South Pole… The South Pole of Arthur Gordon Pym retains its mystery.
There arose in our pathway a shrouded human figure
Edgar Allan Poe, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym
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Edgar Allen Poe: The Bells
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And he dances, and he yells;
Keeping time, time, time,
In a sort of Runic rhyme,
"If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered."
- Edgar Allan Poe (via missfolly)
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Edmund Dulac, The Haunted Palace by Edgar Allan Poe - 1912
(Note: Edmund Dulac, French, 1882-1953, was a book illustrator prominent during the Golden Age of Illustration. — Shades and Shadows.)
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