The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar, Edgar Allan Poe
The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar, Edgar Allan Poe
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The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar

Author: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrator: Ethan Reynolds

Unabridged: 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Robert Larson

Published: 09/06/2024

Synopsis

The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, published in 1845. It centers around a man named Valdemar who is hypnotized shortly before his death. After his apparent demise, his body remains in a state of catalepsy for several days. While still in this state, the narrator attempts to communicate with Valdemar through hypnosis, but the results are startling and disturbing.

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 Peter on August 01, 2019

This is one of the eeriest and most morbid stories I ever read from Poe. The narrator describes a mesmeric experiment on a dying man named Valdemar. The person acts in a peculiar way when in a mesmeric trance induced in the moment of death. What does the hypnotist do and how long can the mesmeric co......more

Goodreads review by Francesc on January 10, 2022

Terrorífico cuento sobre el hipnotismo. Poe escoge los temas que domina y crea un ambiente de asfixia que hiela el corazón. Terrific tale about hipnotism. Poe chooses subjects that he controls and creates an environment of suffocation that freezes the heart.......more

Goodreads review by Bionic Jean on February 14, 2025

The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar, written in 1845, is an example of a story which we would now class as "horror", but which Edgar Allan Poe submitted to the public as an essay. It is a tale about "mesmerism",which was then a newly fashionable method of inducing a trance-like state. It develope......more

Goodreads review by Olga on June 01, 2024

The Short Story Club People have always wanted to delay or deceive death. This pseudoscientific report of an experiment performed by the narrator is a story of one of such attempts to control the uncontrollable.......more

Goodreads review by Sanjay on July 25, 2015

This is a story filled with horror and awe that send shivers down your spine.......more

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