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The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Vol. IV

by Edgar Allan Poe

Volume 4 Contents: The Devil in the Belfry--Lionizing--X-ing a Paragrab--Metzengerstein--The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether--How to Write a Blackwood Article--A Predicament--Mystification--Diddling--The Angel of the Odd--Mellonta Tauta--The Duc de l'Omelette--The Oblong Box--Loss of Breath--The Man That Was Used Up--The Business Man--The Landscape-Garden--Maelzel's Chess-Player--The Power of Words--The Colloquy of Monos and Una--The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion--Shadow: A Parable

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?