If you determine to abandon me — here take I my farewell — Neglected — I will be doubly ambitious, & the world shall hear of the son whom you have thought unworthy of your notice.
— Edgar Allan Poe Modern

Horror, detective fiction

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Context

From a letter to John Allan

Date / Period

1828

Category

Strange & Unusual

Source

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Found in 1 providers: gemini

Method

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