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Is contained inEdgar Allan Poe: Collected Stories and Poems (Collector's Library Editions) by Edgar Allan Poe (indirect) The Works of Edgar Allen Poe in One Volume: Poems, Tales, Essays, Criticisms with New Notes by Edgar Allan Poe The Best Known Works of Edgar Allan Poe in One Volume: Poems, Tales, Essays, Criticisms by Edgar Allan Poe The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe with Selections from His Critical Writings by Edgar Allan Poe The annotated tales of Edgar Allan Poe edited with an introduction, notes, and a bibliography by Edgar Allan Poe এডগার অ্যালান পো রচনা সংগ্রহ by এডগার অ্যালান পো (indirect) Has the adaptation
An unnamed narrator marries Morella, a woman who delves into mysticism. As a result of her experimentations her soul can never die, but her physical form continues to deteriorate. She spends her time in bed and teaches her husband the black arts. Realizing her curse, her husband, the narrator, becomes frightened and wishes for his wife's death and eternal peace. She dies in childbirth but her soul passes into the new baby. As the daughter gets older the narrator notices she bears an uncanny resemblance to her mother, but he refuses to give the child a name. By her tenth birthday the resemblance to Morella is frightening. Her father decides to have her baptized to release any evil from her, but this event brings the mother's soul back into her daughter. At the ceremony, the priest asks the daughter's name, to which the narrator replies, "Morella." Immediately, the daughter replies, "I am here!" and dies. The narrator himself bears her body to the tomb and finds no trace of the first Morella where he lays the second. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.3Literature English (North America) American fiction Middle 19th Century 1830-1861LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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