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A Descent into the Maelstrom (short story)

  • Type: Short Story
  • Length: 26 pages

Science fiction

A Descent into the Maelstrom is a 1841 short story by American author, Edgar Allen Poe. It was inspired by the Moskstraumen whirlpool in Norway. - AsNotedIn




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  • Moskstraumen, Nordland Fylke This, can be nothing else than the great whirlpool of the Maelstrom. We Norwegians call it the Moskoe-strom, from the island of Moskoe in the midway.

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Y/M/D Association Description Place Locale Food Event
1841/04/00 Edgar Allan Poe Author Edgar Allan Poe's "A Descent into the Maelstrom" turns up in Graham's Magazine.
1841/04/00 Graham's Magazine Publisher Edgar Allan Poe's "A Descent into the Maelstrom" turns up in Graham's Magazine.

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Particulars for A Descent into the Maelstrom (short story):
Narrative Arts Adventure
Narrative Arts Fiction prose literature, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people
Narrative Arts Narrative an account of connected events
Motif Nautical associated with seamen, navigation or ships
Narrative Arts Prose ordinary written language
Narrative Arts Science Fiction
Art Type Short Story short form narrative fiction
Marine feature Whirlpool, Maelstrom




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