Journey #209 - The Oval Portrait by Edgar Allan Poe

A traveler takes refuge in a remote chateau to be entranced by a portrait of a beautiful woman, and then learns of its origin.To download, right-click here and then click Save.Join the Journey Into Patreon to get extra episodes and personal addresses, plus other extras and rewards.Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19, 1809 and became an American author, poet, editor and literary critic. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre, as well as the genre of science fiction.  He was the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career.  Poe died in 1849,  in Baltimore, under mysterious circumstances, but he left us with a legacy of tales of wonder and woe, the marvelous and the macabre.Theme music: Liberator by Man In SpaceTo comment on this or any episode:Send comments and/or recordings to [email protected] a comment on Facebook here, or on X here