Edgar Allan Poe
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Edgar Allan Poe
1845
Short Story
Horror
"The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" is told from a third-person limited point of view through the perspective of the Mesmerist.
Poe's short story is told in the past tense.
"The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" refers to the particular events that occur between the Mesmerist and his patient Monsieur Valdemar when the Mesmerist puts him in a trance-like state at the moment of his death. Although the story is fiction, the title reveals how the narrative is told from an investigative perspective as the Mesmerist presents the "facts" of what transpires.
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