Hear Poe's timeless story of disease and despair "The Masque of the Red Death" read by Poe Museum Programs Coordinator Dean Knight. Help us to continue illuminating Poe for everyone, evermore: edgarallanpoemuseum.humanitru...
I fell upon this story 55 years ago in grade school, agog with the images and relentless pace, never forgotten. Now as senior physician, I have now witnessed COVID march through two of my senior communities, taking 22 lives and leaving many more in despair. Finding this superbly read story online here, I will share it sparingly with survivors and colleagues.
i remember this image in a book. trying to remember another image in that book, telling this story. had Death, wearing a big skull mask over the entire "head" & wearing white robe
I stumbled on this in the 48 Laws of Power. Eerie time to become aware of this story. I feel like the US is the abbey. We thought we were indestructible and self-sufficient. I remember the terror of the first year, before we had vaccines. What a time to be alive.
