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The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
by Edgar Allan Poe
Read this inspired by [a:Amy H. Sturgis|785795|Amy H. Sturgis|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1278628951p2/785795.jpg]' "History of the Genre" segment on StarShipSofa.
My impression was that it starts off like Tom Sawyer sort of story, then mutates into a Treasure Island and continues through Robinson Crusoe into almost The Teachings of Don Juan sort of stuff, while remaining all special and original and all. If it wasn't for strangeness of the last chapters I wouldn't give it four stars, but I was fascinated by Poe's boldness and disregard for his own Rule of the Perfect Ending.
My impression was that it starts off like Tom Sawyer sort of story, then mutates into a Treasure Island and continues through Robinson Crusoe into almost The Teachings of Don Juan sort of stuff, while remaining all special and original and all. If it wasn't for strangeness of the last chapters I wouldn't give it four stars, but I was fascinated by Poe's boldness and disregard for his own Rule of the Perfect Ending.