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From the book:UPON my return to the United States a few months ago, after the extraordinary series of adventure in the South Seas and elsewhere, of which an account is given in the following pages, accident threw me into the society of several gentlemen in Richmond, Va., who felt deep interest in all matters relating to the regions I had visited, and who were constantly urging it upon me, as a duty, to give my narrative to the public. I had several reasons, however, for declining to do so, some of which were of a nature altogether private, and concern no person but myself, others not so much so. One consideration which deterred me was, that, having kept no journal during a greater portion of the time in which I was absent, I feared I should not be able to write, from mere memory, a statement so minute and connected as to have the appearance of that truth it would really possess, barring
Quick facts about The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym
- Title: The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym
- Author: Edgar Allan Poe
- First published: 1838
- Genre: fiction, young men, stowaways
- OpenLibrary ID: OL40962W
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What is The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym about?
From the book:UPON my return to the United States a few months ago, after the extraordinary series of adventure in the South Seas and elsewhere, of which an account is given in the following pages, accident threw me into the society of several gentlemen in Richmond, Va., who felt
Who wrote The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym?
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym was written by Edgar Allan Poe.
When was The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym published?
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym was first published in 1838.
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