William Wilson: By Edgar Allan Poe - Illustrated

By Edgar Allan Poe

Book Overview

How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Illustrated About William Wilson by Edgar Allan Poe "William Wilson" is a story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1839, with a setting inspired by Poe's formative years on the outskirts of London. The tale follows the theme of the doppelg?nger and is written in a style based on rationality. It also appeared in the 1840 collection Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque, and has been adapted several times. Plot Summary: The story follows a man of "a noble descent" who calls himself William Wilson because, although denouncing his profligate past, he does not accept full blame[dubious - discuss]for his actions, saying that "man was never thus ... tempted before". After several paragraphs, the narration then segues into a description of Wilson's boyhood, which was spent in a school "in a misty-looking village of England". William meets another boy in his school who shared the same name, who had roughly the same appearance, and who was even born on exactly the same date (January 19, Poe's own birthday). William's name (he asserts that his actual name is only similar to "William Wilson") embarrasses him because it sounds "plebeian" or common, and he is irked that he must hear the name twice as much on account of the other William.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1521943354
• ISBN13: 9781521943359
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 101 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 6.0"