Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective-fiction genre. He is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction.[1] He was the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in...
William Wilson
William Wilson
Synopsis
A man of noble lineage who has spent his life trying to outrun a debauched past is haunted by a boy born on the same day and bearing the same name. As the narrator's self-deception about his own morality unravels, he confronts the unsettling truth that this double may be nothing other than himself.
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William Wilson (the doppelganger)Antagonist
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William WilsoneBook, 1839
26 pages
