A Tale of the Ragged Mountains
- Eloi Honorable Mention
- by Edgar Allan Poe
- Short Story
- Fantasy
- Adults
- Definite Time Travel
- English
- “A Tale of the Ragged Mountains” by Edgar Allan Poe, in Godey’s Lady’s Book, April 1844.
A sick man tells of a walk he took in November of 1845 only to find himself in a pitched battle in 1780 Calcutta, but Dr. Templeton, who listens to the story, already knows how it turns out.
—Michael Main
Busied in this, I walked on for several hours, during which the mist deepened around me to so great an extent that at length I was reduced to an absolute groping of the way. And now an indescribable uneasiness possessed me—
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- “A Tale of the Ragged Mountains” by Edgar Allan Poe, in Godey’s Lady’s Book, April 1844.