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William Wilson

Edgar Allan Poe

1839·50 pages

classics short stories

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 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".

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William Wilson

Edgar Allan Poe

Year

1839

Pages

50

Fantasy Horror Literary Fiction Mystery

Tags

classics short stories

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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 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".

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