MS. Found in a Bottle
short story by Edgar Allan Poe
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Summary
MS. Found in a Bottle is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (987 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Author: Edgar Allan Poe[3]
- Genre: horror fiction[4], nautical fiction[5]
- Commons category: MS. Found in a Bottle[6]
- Language of work or name: American English[7], English[8]
- Country of origin: United States[9]
- Publication date: 1833[10], October 19, 1833[11]
- Has edition or translation: Manuscrit trouvé dans une bouteille[12], Manuscrito encontrado en una botella[13], Rękopis znaleziony w butli[14], MS. Found in a Bottle[15]
- Work available at URL: https://www.projekt-gutenberg.org/poe/manuskri/manuskri.html[16]
- Title: MS. Found in a Bottle[17], Manuscrit trouvé dans une bouteille[18], Manuscrito encontrado en una botella[19], Rękopis znaleziony w butli[20], Знайдений у пляшці манускрипт[21], Manuscrito encontrado em uma garrafa[22], Manoscritto trovato in una bottiglia[23]
- First line: Of my country and of my family I have little to say.[24]
- Time period: Romanticism[25]
- Last line: The circles rapidly grow small—we are plunging madly within the grasp of the whirlpool—and amid a roaring, and bellowing, and thundering of ocean and of tempest, the ship is quivering—oh God! and—going down![26]
- Copyright status: public domain[27]
- Form of creative work: short story[28]
Why It Matters
MS. Found in a Bottle has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]