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Issue Details: First known date: 1871... 1871 Five New Tales by Edgar Allen Poe
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The Oblong Box Edgar Allan Poe , 1871 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , May vol. 6 no. 72 1871; (p. 506-508)
Hop-Frog Edgar Allan Poe , 1871 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , July vol. 6 no. 74 1871; (p. 639-641) A dwarf court-jester and his dancer friend Tripetta lead a king and his seven wise councillors in a court masquerade which effects a terrible revenge. (PB)
A Tale of the Rugged Mountains Edgar Allan Poe , 1871 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , June vol. 6 no. 73 1871; (p. 563-565) Told in 1845, a tale of Charlottesville, Virginia in 1827 and the visions and subsequent death if a young man under the influence of a mesmerist on morphine. Includes suggestions of reincarnation. (PB)
The Cask of Amontillado Edgar Allan Poe , 1871 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , August vol. 6 no. 75 1871; (p. 705-706) An Italian nobleman exacts revenge on an old enemy by luring him into the crypt of his house on a pretext of testing wine. (PB)

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Five of Poe's stories published as a series in the Australian Journal in 1871. An introductory note states that these will probably be new to most Australian Journal readers as they are from the US edition of his Tales of Mystery and Imagination and do not appear in the recent English edition.
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