A Descent into the Maelstrom
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"A Descent into the Maelström" is an 1841 short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. In the tale, a man recounts how he survived a shipwreck and a whirlpool. It has been grouped with Poe's tales of ratiocination and also labeled an early form of science fiction.
Subjects
- fiction
- embedded narrative
- mountaineering
- whirlpools
- vortex
- Ratiocination
- Fiction, general
Places
- Lofoten
- Norway