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- Herausgeber: SAMPI Books
- Kategorie: Abenteuer, Thriller, Horror
- Sprache: Englisch
"Metzengerstein" follows a young Hungarian baron who inherits his family's vast estate amid a bitter feud with a rival house. Consumed by cruelty and obsession, he becomes fixated on a mysterious horse linked to his enemies, hinting at dark, supernatural forces at play.
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Metzengerstein
Edgar Allan Poe
SYNOPSIS
“Metzengerstein” follows a young Hungarian baron who inherits his family's vast estate amid a bitter feud with a rival house. Consumed by cruelty and obsession, he becomes fixated on a mysterious horse linked to his enemies, hinting at dark, supernatural forces at play.
Keywords
Feud, Curse, Supernatural
NOTICE
This text is a work in the public domain and reflects the norms, values and perspectives of its time. Some readers may find parts of this content offensive or disturbing, given the evolution in social norms and in our collective understanding of issues of equality, human rights and mutual respect. We ask readers to approach this material with an understanding of the historical era in which it was written, recognizing that it may contain language, ideas or descriptions that are incompatible with today's ethical and moral standards.
Names from foreign languages will be preserved in their original form, with no translation.
Metzengerstein
Pestis eram vivus—moriens tua mors ero.—Martin Luther
Horror and fatality have been stalking abroad in all ages. Why then give a date to this story I have to tell? Let it suffice to say, that at the period of which I speak, there existed, in the interior of Hungary, a settled although hidden belief in the doctrines of the Metempsychosis. Of the doctrines themselves—that is, of their falsity, or of their probability—I say nothing. I assert, however, that much of our incredulity—as La Bruyère says of all our unhappiness—“vient de ne pouvoir être seuls.”
But there are some points in the Hungarian superstition which were fast verging to absurdity. They—the Hungarians—differed very essentially from their Eastern authorities. For example, “The soul,” said the former—I give the words of an acute and intelligent Parisian—“
