A Descent into the Maelstrom

A Descent into the Maelström was written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1841. Inspired by the Moskstraumen, it is noted as a story within a story, a tale told at the summit of a mountain climb. The story is told by an old man who reveals that he only appears old - "You suppose me a very old man," he says, "but I am not. It took less than a single day to change these hairs from a jetty black to white, to weaken my limbs, and to unstring my nerves." The narrator, convinced by the p...