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The Devil in the Belfry - cover

The Devil in the Belfry

Edgar Allan Poe

Publisher: OBG Classics

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Summary

In an isolated town called Vondervotteimittis (wonder-what-time-it-is), the punctilious inhabitants seem to be concerned with nothing but clocks and cabbage. This methodical, boring and quiet little borough is devastated by the arrival of a devilish figure playing a big fiddle who comes straight down from a hill, goes into the belltower, brutally attacks the belfry-man and rings thirteen o'clock, to the horror of the town's inhabitants.
Available since: 09/09/2018.

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