MS. Found In A Bottle

Name: MS. Found In A Bottle
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
ISBN: 9781593166076

Author: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrator: Patrick Lawlor

Unabridged: 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Listen & Live Audio

Published: 02/19/2025

Categories: Fiction, Classic

Synopsis

MS. Found In A Bottle is an adventure short story by Edgar Allan Poe that first appeared in the May 1833 edition of Baltimore Saturday Visiter. The plot follows an unnamed narrator at sea who finds himself in a series of harrowing circumstances. As he nears his own disastrous death while his ship drives ever southward, he writes an "MS.", or manuscript, telling of his adventures which he casts into the sea. Some critics believe the story was meant as a satire of typical sea tales.

About Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American poet, short story writer, editor, and literary critic who is credited with inventing the detective fiction genre and with contributing to the emerging science fiction genre. He began his literary career with the anonymous publication of a collection of his poems entitled Tamerlane and Other Poems. He then turned to writing prose and spent the next several years working for literary journals and periodicals, becoming well known for his particular style of literary criticism. He served for a time on the staff of the New York Mirror, in which his poem "The Raven" was published. Poe's other well-known works include his stories "The Purloined Letter," "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," and "The Mystery of Marie Roget."

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sean Barrs

Poe starts this one by making it absolutely clear that his narrator has no imagination; he is rational, stable, and perhaps even a little bit dull. So that means he is sane or, at the very least, he thinks he is. And there’s the rub. Why would he take such efforts to tell us this? Does he want you......more

Goodreads review by oyshik

MS. Found in a Bottle by Edgar Allan Poe It is one of Poe's sea tales where an unnamed narrator finds himself in some frightening situations. Not his best work, I feel. But still, there was terror and suspense in this short story. A feeling, for which I have no name, has taken possession of my soul......more

Goodreads review by Nayra.Hassan

احدي قصص مجموعة قناع الموت الاحمر تحت اسم: مخطوطة في قنينة......more

Goodreads review by Melina

"Είμαστε, αναμφίβολα, καταδικασμένοι να ζυγιαζόμαστε αέναα στο χείλος της αιωνιότητας, χωρίς να κάνουμε ποτέ την τελειωτική βουτιά στην άβυσσο."......more