The Oval Portrait
Fiction & Literature, Drama, Anthologies, British & Irish, Nonfiction, Entertainment
| Author: | Edgar Allan Poe | ISBN: | 9782291030744 |
| Publisher: | AB Books | Publication: | May 2, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Edgar Allan Poe |
| ISBN: | 9782291030744 |
| Publisher: | AB Books |
| Publication: | May 2, 2018 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
"The Oval Portrait" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe involving the disturbing circumstances surrounding a portrait in a chateau. It is one of his shortest stories, filling only two pages in its initial publication in 1842. The tale begins with an injured narrator (the story offers no further explanation of his or her impairment) seeking refuge in an abandoned mansion in the Apennines. The narrator spends his or her time admiring the paintings that decorate the strangely shaped room and perusing a volume, found upon a pillow, that describes them.
"The Oval Portrait" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe involving the disturbing circumstances surrounding a portrait in a chateau. It is one of his shortest stories, filling only two pages in its initial publication in 1842. The tale begins with an injured narrator (the story offers no further explanation of his or her impairment) seeking refuge in an abandoned mansion in the Apennines. The narrator spends his or her time admiring the paintings that decorate the strangely shaped room and perusing a volume, found upon a pillow, that describes them.
