William Wilson
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"William Wilson" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe with a setting inspired by Poe's formative years outside of London. The tale follows the theme of the doppelgänger and is written in a style based on rationality. It was first published in 1839, later appeared in the 1840 collection Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque, and has been adapted several times.
The story begins with the narrator, a man of "a noble descent" who calls himself William Wilson, denouncing his profligate past, although...
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