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The Spectacles — Edgar Allan Poe

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Paperback editions:

  • Paperback
  • Nov-2012
  • Read Books Design
  • ISBN: 1447465997
  • ISBN13: 9781447465997

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  • Paperback
  • Jul-2014
  • Createspace
  • ISBN: 1500564303
  • ISBN13: 9781500564308

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  • Paperback
  • Nov-2015
  • Createspace
  • ISBN: 1517626315
  • ISBN13: 9781517626310

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  • Trade Paperback
  • Jan-2016
  • Createspace
  • ISBN: 1522961666
  • ISBN13: 9781522961666

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  • Paperback
  • Jan-2016
  • Createspace
  • ISBN: 1523473266
  • ISBN13: 9781523473267

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eBook editions:

  • eBook (Kindle)
  • May-2012

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Audio editions:

  • Audible
  • Jun-2026
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Description
The narrator, 22-year old Napoleon Buonaparte, changes his last name from "Froissart" to "Simpson" as a requirement to inherit a large sum from a distant cousin, Adolphus Simpson. At the opera he sees a beautiful woman in the audience and falls in love instantly. He describes her beauty at length, despite not being able to see her well; he requires spectacles but, in his vanity "resolutely refused to employ them." His companion Talbot identifies the woman as Madame Eugenie Lalande, a wealthy widow, and promises to introduce the two. He courts her and proposes marriage; she makes him promise that, on their wedding night, he will wear his spectacles… (Excerpt from Wikipedia)
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