A Predicament by Edgar Allan Poe (1838): A Review
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Publication Year: 1838
Pages: 12
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Genre: Satire, Gothic, Horror
Source: EBook @everand_us
Alright, let’s get into the delightful chaos of this story! We have a narrator speaking directly to me (the reader)—almost like I’m her therapist—but she can’t quite finish a thought. We’re dealing with run-on sentences that spiral like a rollercoaster! And then there’s a dog and a slave thrown in casually? Classic! This narrator, Signora Psyche Zenobia, might be Poe’s quirky experiment with gender roles since female narrators are pretty rare in his tales. But boy, is she quite a character!
If I expected to read a simple gothic story, surprise! It’s more like a bizarre mashup of horror, comedy, and a thesaurus showdown. Seriously, there’s a dash of racism (so normal those days) and whimsical mutilation? Absurdity reigns supreme here, and time is literally taking that scythe to our narrator’s neck—tick-tock, tick-tock, time is up!
And the book cover? I understand it now—who wouldn’t want a visual appetizer for this absurd buffet of horror? After reading “How to Write a Blackwood Article,” the plot is finally as clear as a ghostly apparition. Now I understand what is the point of this absurd short story. This short story feels like Signora Psyche Zenobia took a crash course in horror, courtesy of Mr. Blackwood’s class on writing spine-chillers! If I were Mr. Blackwood, I’d give her an A+.
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