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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Spectacles [short story]di Edgar Allan Poe
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È contenuto inThe Works of Edgar Allan Poe (The Raven Edition) in 5 Volumes di Edgar Allan Poe (indirettamente) The Works of Edgar Allen Poe in One Volume: Poems, Tales, Essays, Criticisms with New Notes di Edgar Allan Poe The Best Known Works of Edgar Allan Poe in One Volume: Poems, Tales, Essays, Criticisms di Edgar Allan Poe The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe with Selections from His Critical Writings di Edgar Allan Poe The annotated tales of Edgar Allan Poe edited with an introduction, notes, and a bibliography di Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe: Collected Stories and Poems (Collector's Library Editions) di Edgar Allan Poe (indirettamente) Tales of Mystery and Imagination / Tales of Suspense di Wilkie Collins (indirettamente)
The narrator, 22-year old Napoleon Buonaparte, changes his last name from "Froissart" to "Simpson" as a requirement to inherit a large sum from a distant cousin, Adolphus Simpson. At the opera he sees a beautiful woman in the audience and falls in love instantly. He describes her beauty at length, despite not being able to see her well; he requires spectacles but, in his vanity "resolutely refused to employ them." His companion Talbot identifies the woman as Madame Eugenie Lalande, a wealthy widow, and promises to introduce the two. He courts her and proposes marriage; she makes him promise that, on their wedding night, he will wear his spectacles? Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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 Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni...GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)813.3Literature English (North America) American fiction Middle 19th Century 1830-1861Classificazione LCVotoMedia: (3.88)
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The story features a rather vain young man who is too proud of his looks to wear the glasses he so desperately needs. Instead, he makes do without them and the consequences, in this story, are hysterically funny. When our young man spots a beautiful woman at the opera, it is love at first sight. He contrives to meet the woman, who professes her own immediate love for him, and they are quickly married. It isn't until after the wedding that our young man, in deference to his new wife's demand, dons a pair of spectacles. Imagine his horror and surprise to finally see his new spouse clearly: she is 82 years old. HA!
There's another twist at the end which furthers the humor of the entire situation, but I can't reveal that part without spoiling it. It's a short story....10-15 pages at the most.....read it. You'll laugh. :) (