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  2. MS. Found in a Bottle - Wikipedia

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    He assisted in getting "MS. Found in a Bottle" reprinted in an annual gift book called The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present in its 1836 issue. [20] Kennedy also urged Poe to collect the stories he submitted to the contest, including "MS. Found in a Bottle", into one edition and contacted publisher Carey & Lea on his behalf. [21]

  3. A Descent into the Maelström - Wikipedia

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    Poe rushed to complete the story in time and later admitted that the conclusion was imperfect. [2] Shortly after Poe's story " The Murders in the Rue Morgue " was translated into French without acknowledgment, French readers sought out other works by Poe, of which "A Descent into the Maelström" was amongst the earliest translated.

  4. Message in a bottle - Wikipedia

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    Such messages have been romanticized in literature, from Edgar Allan Poe's 1833 story "MS. Found in a Bottle" through Nicholas Sparks' 1998 Message in a Bottle. [151] Clint Buffington, subject of the 2019 documentary short film The Tides That Bind / A Message in a Bottle Story, [ 152 ] surmised in an interview with The Guardian that sending a ...

  5. Amarna letter EA 19 - Wikipedia

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    In letter EA 19, 'gold' is referenced 21 times. It is used in connection with other gift names in the closing paragraph, P. XIII, as examples: '1 gold goblet', and '19 pieces of gold, its centerpiece being of genuine lapis lazuli set in gold.' [2] The entire list contains ten items, ending with: '10 teams of horses; 10 wooden chariots along with everything belonging to them; and 30 women (and ...

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  7. The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar - Wikipedia

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    The story appeared as "The Facts of M. Valdemar's Case" in The American Review, December, 1845, Wiley and Putnam, New York.. While editor of The Broadway Journal, Poe printed a letter from a New York physician named Dr. A. Sidney Doane that recounted a surgical operation performed while a patient was "in a magnetic sleep"; the letter served as inspiration for Poe's tale. [1] "

  8. Maelzel's Chess Player - Wikipedia

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    The essay is important in that it predicts some general motifs of modern science fiction. [5] Poe also was beginning to create an analytic method that would eventually be used in his "tales of ratiocination", [6] the earliest form of a detective story, "The Gold-Bug" and "The Murders in the Rue Morgue".

  9. Path of Exile - Wikipedia

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    Path of Exile mainly offers cosmetic item skins for players willing to spend money on the game, but it does also gate specific account features such as semi-automated public trading inventories or additional character slots behind a paywall. It is also possible for players to pay to create private, invite-only leagues, each secluded in its own ...