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" MS. Found in a Bottle " is an 1833 short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. The plot follows an unnamed narrator at sea who finds himself in a series of harrowing circumstances.
A summary and analysis of Poe's classic sea story, published in 1833, about a man who survives a storm, a shipwreck, and a whirlpool, and writes his account in a bottle. Learn about the themes, influences, and literary devices of this Gothic tale.
MS. Found in a Bottle, short story by Edgar Allan Poe, published in the Baltimore weekly Saturday Visiter (October 1833) as the winner of a contest held by the magazine. The story, one of Poe’s first notable works, was later published in the two-volume Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque (1840).
A summary of “MS. Found in a Bottle” (1833) in Edgar Allan Poe's Poe’s Short Stories. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of Poe’s Short Stories and what it means. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans.
From a general summary to chapter summaries to explanations of famous quotes, the SparkNotes MS. Found in a Bottle Study Guide has everything you need to ace quizzes, tests, and essays.
The extreme fury of the blast proved, in a great measure, the salvation of the ship. Although completely water-logged, yet, as her masts had gone by the board, she rose, after a minute, heavily from the sea, and, staggering awhile beneath the immense pressure of the tempest, finally righted.
According to the previous understandings of "MS. Found in a Bottle," Poe was describing the transformation of an unimaginative man into an intrepid explorer in the shadow of forbidden knowledge. However, a third explanation translates the story into a satire of seafaring travelogues and of John Symmes's theory that the earth is actually an ...
