Image PDF - tale pages (annual pp. 154-162)
Pages 164-172 of the received PDF (annual pp. 154-162).
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Eleonora - The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1842
First publication of Edgar Allan Poe's tale 'Eleonora.'
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The tale's first appearance, in the 1842 Gift annual (pp. 154-162). This earliest text predates Poe's later revisions.
- Date
- 1842 (annual issued 1841)
- Credits
- Edgar Allan Poe (author)
- Publisher
- Carey & Hart - The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present
- Where to find it
- 9 tale pages (annual pp. 154-162); complete annual is 354 scanned pages
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- Internet Archive
AI-assisted transcription produced by Claude and visually checked against this Internet Archive scan; no independent human proofread. This earliest (1842 Gift) text differs from Poe's later revisions - the narrator is named 'Pyrros', British spellings are used (vigour, ardour, honour), and there is no opening Latin epigraph; the transcription follows THIS edition. Line wraps, running heads and page numbers regularized for reading. The scan remains authoritative for exact typography.
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Original scan - complete annual (The Gift for 1842)
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No independent human proofread. Line wraps, column breaks, running heads and page numbers regularized for reading; edition wording and spelling retained. The scan remains authoritative for exact typography.
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Poe, Edgar Allan. 'Eleonora. A Fable.' The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1842. Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, [1841]: 154-162.
Public domain. First published in the 1842 Gift annual (issued 1841); copyright long expired. Internet Archive scan of a public-domain book.
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