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    The Facts In The Case of M. Valdemar
    The Facts In The Case of M. Valdemar
    The Facts In The Case of M. Valdemar
    Audiobook26 minutes

    The Facts In The Case of M. Valdemar

    Written by Edgar Allan Poe

    Narrated by Bob Neufeld

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    The narrator presents the facts of the extraordinary case of Valdemar, which have incited public discussion. He is interested in mesmerism, a pseudoscience involving bringing a patient into a hypnagogic state by the influence of magnetism, a process that later developed into hypnotism. He points out that, as far as he knows, no one has ever been mesmerized at the point of death, and he is curious to see what effects mesmerism would have on a dying person. He considers experimenting on his friend Ernest Valdemar, an author whom he had previously mesmerized, and who has recently been diagnosed with phthisis (tuberculosis).

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBooktrack
    Release dateApr 6, 2018
    ISBN9780473434694
    The Facts In The Case of M. Valdemar
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    Edgar Allan Poe

    Edgar Allan Poe (1809–49) reigned unrivaled in his mastery of mystery during his lifetime and is now widely held to be a central figure of Romanticism and gothic horror in American literature. Born in Boston, he was orphaned at age three, was expelled from West Point for gambling, and later became a well-regarded literary critic and editor. The Raven, published in 1845, made Poe famous. He died in 1849 under what remain mysterious circumstances and is buried in Baltimore, Maryland.

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