![]() ![]() "The Oblong Box" has been adapted for radio. The mystery deepens, however, when the rectangular box is taken into the cabin where Wyatt and his wife sleep. This seems to be confirmed when a large rectangular wooden box is taken on board the ship for Wyatt. The narrator concludes that the extra cabin must be for the storage of some precious piece of luggage. Strangely, Wyatt has booked three cabins on board the ship for his group. Cornelius Wyatt is traveling with his two sisters, whom the narrator has met before, and his wife, whom the narrator has not met before. He finds that another one of the ship's passengers is an acquaintance of his, the artist Cornelius Wyatt. The story's unnamed narrator is a man who plans to travel from Charleston, South Carolina to New York by sailing ship. It was also published in the September 1844 issue of Godey's Magazine and Lady's Book. It was first published in the Augissue of the Dollar Newspaper of Philadelphia. "The Oblong Box" is a short story by the American mystery and horror writer Edgar Allan Poe. Illustration for "The Oblong Box' by Douglas Percy. ![]()
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