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William Wilson

short story by Poe
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  • Master of the macabre
    Edgar Allan Poe
    / The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym and The Fall of the House of Usher

    …stimulated him to write “William Wilson” and “The Fall of the House of Usher,” stories of supernatural horror. The latter contains a study of a neurotic character now known to have been an acquaintance of Poe, not Poe himself, as was assumed based in part on the physical characteristics…

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    …stimulated him to write “William Wilson” and “The Fall of the House of Usher,” stories of supernatural horror. The latter contains a study of a neurotic character now known to have been an acquaintance of Poe, not Poe himself, as was assumed based in part on the physical characteristics…

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