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The Angel of the Odd

The Angel of the Odd
Edgar Allan Poe

"The Angel of the Odd" is a satirical short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1844.

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“I attacked with great resolution the editorial matter, and, reading it from beginning to end without understanding a syllable, conceived the possibility of its being Chinese, and so re-read it from the end to the beginning, but with no more satisfactory result.”

Edgar Allan Poe book The Angel of the Odd

"The Angel of the Odd" (1850).

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