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    The Premature Burial
    The Premature Burial
    The Premature Burial
    Audiobook38 minutes

    The Premature Burial

    Written by Edgar Allan Poe

    Narrated by Cathy Dobson

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Nothing on earth is so terrifying as the prospect of waking up to discover you have been buried alive. A sufferer of catalepsy, who has a morbid fear of such a fate, takes every possible precaution. He designs himself a coffin which can be opened from the inside, which is padded, equipt with a bell for attracting attention, placed in an easily opened vault which contains food and water. Imagine then, his horror when he wakes up to find himself in a wooden box, reeking of damp earth and with none of his precautions in place. Poe at his most terrifying!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRed Door Consulting
    Release dateJul 18, 2013
    ISBN9781467669207
    The Premature Burial
    Author

    Edgar Allan Poe

    Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston in 1809. His parents, both touring actors, died before he was three. He was raised by John Allan, a prosperous Virginian merchant. Poe published his first volume of poetry while still a teenager. He worked as an editor for magazines in Philadelphia, Richmond and New York, and achieved respect as a literary critic. In 1836, he married his thirteen year-old cousin. It was only with the publication of The Raven and other Poems in 1845 that he achieved national fame as a writer. Poe died in mysterious circumstances in 1849.

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    • 4/5
      A Very interesting read that I liked to listen to
    • 5/5
      nicely narrated. always great to see a lesser-known story from such a prolific author presented in such a digestible way!
    • 3/5
      “To be buried while alive is, beyond question, the most terrific of these extremes which has ever fallen to the lot of mere mortality.”Agreed! The narrator of this story relates several examples of people being buried alive, and then tells us of his own experience. The idea itself makes one shudder...