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The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether

The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether

"The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether" is a dark comedy short story by the American author Edgar Allan Poe. First published in Graham's Magazine in November 1845, the story centers on a naïve and unnamed narrator's visit to a mental asylum in the southern provinces of France.


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“Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see.”

"The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether" (1845)

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