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.

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Subjects

  • fiction
  • embedded narrative
  • mountaineering
  • whirlpools
  • vortex
  • Ratiocination
  • Fiction, general

Places

  • Lofoten
  • Norway