Review of “The Assignation” (1834)
Edgar Allan Poe (writer).
Read in 2022.
In Venice, a child slips from its mother’s arms into the canal. Unable to swim, it is rescued by a man who is a stranger to all, despite Europe’s ringing with his unmentioned name.
An almost plotless romantic fantasy. The early Poe’s purple prose is cute.
References here: Lord of the World (1907), Death in Venice (1912).