The Man Of The Crowd by Edgar Allan Poe
A Tale
A solitary observer in a crowded London coffee-house becomes fascinated by an ambiguous, elderly man whose features seem to express every human type and who appears compelled to lose himself in throngs. The narrator follows him through the city's streets and neighborhoods—from affluent avenues to squalid lanes—watching how the man constantly seeks the shelter of crowds and refuses solitude, eluding any clear motive or biography. The pursuit becomes an obsessive, detective-like inquiry that ends without revelation, suggesting that the figure is less an individual than a living embodiment of the crowd and its anonymous, impersonal forces.
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- Published
- 1840
- Nationality
- Unknown
- Length
- Very Short
- Pages
- 8-20 pages
- Original Language
- English
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- Alternate Titles
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- Der Mann in der Menge
- El hombre de la multitud
- L'homme de la foule
- O Homem da Multidão
- The Man in the Crowd
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