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Coffee with Poe: A Novel of Edgar Allan Poe's Life Kindle Edition

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A finalist in the USA Best Book Awards historical fiction category, "Coffee with Poe" brings Edgar Allan Poe to life as never before.

Orphaned at the age of two, Poe is raised by John Allan—his abusive foster father—who refuses to adopt him until he becomes straight-laced and businesslike. Poe, however, fancies poetry and young women. He becomes engaged to Elmira Royster as a teenager, but the engagement is broken after her father intercepts Poe’s letters. The contentious relationship with John Allan culminates in a violent altercation, which causes Poe to leave his wealthy foster father’s home to make it as a writer. Poe tries desperately to get established as a writer but is ridiculed by the "Literati of New York."

The Raven subsequently gains Poe renown in America yet he slips deeper into poverty without the support of John Allan, only making $15 off the poem’s entire publication history. Desperate for a motherly figure in his life, Poe marries his first cousin who is only thirteen. John Allan has remarried by this time and when Poe visits him on his deathbed, he is refused an interview because his second wife believes Poe is after an inheritance. Thereafter, Poe lives his last years in abject poverty while suffering through the deaths of his foster mother, grandmother, and young wife.

Poe’s health begins failing and he has bouts of paranoid delusions. In a cemetery Poe becomes engaged to Helen Whitman, a dark poet who is addicted to ether, wears a small coffin about her neck, and conducts séances in her home. Her mother thinks the impoverished poet is after her money and demands that Poe sign a rare prenuptial agreement. The engagement is soon broken off because of Poe’s drinking. In his final months Poe is again engaged to Elmira Royster after a joyful reunion, yet his health is in a downward spiral. Just before their marriage Poe disappears and is later found delirious and wearing another person’s begrimed clothes. He dies a few days later, whispering his final words: "God help my poor soul."

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"To give us a historical fiction look at Edgar Allan Poe is great. The start where we are at his mom's funeral gives a little insight into why he may write the way he does. It is very interesting the ideas the author has put into the story about Poe. I like the idea of detailing the life of Edgar Allan Poe into a historical fiction novel. . . . A great idea to give us some insight into why Poe may be the way he is." Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Expert Reviewer

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Coffee with Poe is a historical novel detailing Edgar Allan Poe's life. The award winning book is filled with actual letters to his three fiancées, his literary contemporaries (Longfellow, Irving, and Hawthorne), and his bitter enemies. The characters are brought to life by interactive dialogue that may have taken place from what history teaches us. Below is an interview I did about the book. Enjoy!

Q1: Let's start with the title. Why Coffee with Poe: A Novel of Edgar Allan Poe's Life?
A1: There's a funny story behind that because I don't drink coffee, but I love the smell. My wife, who did the great cover photography for the novel, tells me that doesn't count. She has an entire kitchen cabinet devoted to her coffee paraphernalia. I'm banned from looking inside because of my jokes about all the sifters, grinders, roasters, and foamers. Anyway, I could think of no better coupling than books and coffee ... well, actually I can. In truth, the title is derived from a letter that Sarah Helen Whitman (one of Poe's fiancées) wrote to John Ingram on December 13, 1874, which speaks of Poe's penchant for coffee: "Mr. Bartlett has never seen him inspired by any more dangerous stimulant than strong coffee, of which he was very fond & of which [he] drank freely. MacIntosh says that the measure of a man's brain is the amount of coffee he can drink with impunity."
Q2: Coffee with Poe is one of the only--if not the only--novel about Edgar Allan Poe's life viewed from his own eyes. What made you write Coffee with Poe fromPoe's first person perspective?
A2: I wanted readers to get inside the head (however frightening that may be) of one of America's best-loved and most mysterious writers. I wanted readers to livePoe's life instead of learn about it. That's the only way you can truly understand his horror stories and where he's coming from. There are so many boring biographies out there.
Q3: And what an interesting and tragic life it was. You use a number of actual letters to and from Poe, including letters from Nathaniel Hawthorne and Washington Irving. How did this come about?
A3: In researching Coffee with Poe I was surprised to learn that there were so many conflicting accounts of his life, so I went straight to the letters and used these as a framework to construct the novel. I was able to incorporate many of the people mentioned in the letters as characters. The novel to me is more compelling when you read Poe's letters from his pen after experiencing the events that prompted the letter.
Q4: The letters of his three fiancées are especially interesting.
A4: Poe got around!
Q5: In one chapter Poe meets Charles Dickens. Was that hard to write?
A5: It was difficult to capture the personalities of both of these great writers as they would have interacted at this point in their careers, but it was a lot of fun to try. When they met in Philadelphia, Dickens was finishing a trip to the U.S. He was as popular across The Pond as he was in England. Poe, on the other hand, had yet to write The Raven and was not nearly as well known. Poe solicited Dickens at this time to get his works published in England but it never panned out. Poe thought any author as popular as Dickens could easily get him published in Europe. Poe thought Dickens never really tried and Poe held a grudge against Dickens until his death. Poe lampooned Dickens in his short story "Thou Art the Man."

Q6: Where did Poe get his idea for The Raven?
A6: Many think it was from Dickens's use of a talking raven in Barnaby Rudge. Poe felt the bird should have had a much larger role and I imagined Poe gently telling him such in Philadelphia. Dickens's in turn based the raven in Barnaby Rudge off his own pet raven named Grip. There is a hilarious account of Grip's death that Dickens gave in a letter to a friend and I included that statement as he retells it to Poe.
Q7: Was Poe strung out on drugs when he did most of his writing?
A7: It's doubtful. Even Poe's bitter literary enemies--and he had quiet a few--never accused him of taking drugs. Many of these enemies were also medical doctors, so they would have detected this state. I believe people over the years have confused narrators in Poe's tales, many of whom are crazed or tripping on drugs, to be Poe himself. What these people are doing is taking credit away from a highly talented author and assuming he could only have experienced these states to write about them. Poe also wrote about being buried alive, but that never happened either!
Q8: What about drinking?
A8: Poe most certainly drank, but a medical condition caused him to have a sensitivity to alcohol. One or two drinks a day in our society, which is acceptable in certain circles and even claimed as good for the heart by the medical community, would have branded Poe as being prone to excess over a hundred and fifty years ago. As you know, I have my own theory regarding Poe's drinking problem in Coffee with Poe and how this sensitivity came about.
Q9: Why did Poe write horror short stories?
A9: Because he could and because he was the best. I edited The Best Horror Short Stories 1800-1849: A Classic Horror Anthology. Of the 12 horror stories Poe wrote one third of them. It is amazing at how Poe towered above all other writers in this genre for those fifty years. There is a fine art to scaring people to death and Poe took it to levels unseen. The time was ripe for his tales. Snake oil salesmen roamed the country. Prominent doctors of the day routinely practiced bloodletting and people were buried alive because their faint pulse could not be detected. Then you have everyone frightened of reanimation by galvanic batteries thanks to Mary Shelley. Poe thoroughly enjoyed getting a rise out of people. This was evidenced by his many pranks as a child, his biting reviews of the "Literati of New York," and, of course, his horror tales. Poehad a very humorous side despite his circumstances and many people don't realize this.
Q10: A few more questions?
A10: Okay, but I'm about to turn into a pumpkin and orange is not my color.
Q11: Speaking of horror, who do you think are the Big Three?
A11: In order of appearance: Edgar Allan Poe. H. P. Lovecraft. Stephen King. The problem is that the first two died in abject poverty and Stephen King has made slightly less money than God. Not that I'm taking anything away from King, but the other two should also have been rewarded handsomely for their work. Poe only made $15 off the entire publication history of "The Raven." There are injustices in this world, and then there are outright tragedies.
Q12: Going back to your comment on Poe using deductive reasoning to craft some of his stories, he obviously used this in his mystery novels.
A12: Poe is actually the inventor of the mystery genre, or at least the closed room murder mysteries. Many people overlook this and focus only on his horror. His fmystery stories were "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," "The Purloined Letter," and "The Mystery of Marie Roget." Sir Conan Doyle got his idea for Sherlock Holmes based partly off Poe's mysteries. "Thou Art the Man" is another fine mystery of his and the only one where he satired another writer (see the previous Dickens discussion).
Q13: What were Edgar Allan Poe's favorite things?
A13: Color-Black; Drink-Strong coffee, ale; Song-"Come Rest in this Bosom"; Animal-Cat (Poe had one named Catterina with his wife Virginia and also had a black cat that he wrote about); Poem-He had many. Orion by Richard Horne was his favorite epic poem. A few years ago I edited a new edition since is had been out of print for 80 years. In it I included Poe's fine review of Orion; Place-the South in general.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bottletree Books LLC (March 16, 2010)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 16, 2010
Language ‏ : ‎ English
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I am the award winning author of "Coffee with Poe: A Novel of Edgar Allan Poe's Life," and "Mailboxes - Mansions - Memphistopheles: A Collection of Dark Tales." I edited the following annotated anthologies:

Witchcraft Classics: Best Witch Short Stories 1800-1849

The cradle of modern witch short stories began in the first half of the 19th century. This anthology unearths the very best of these stories. Andrew Barger, a leading voice in the Gothic literature space, searched forgotten magazines, newspapers, journals and scholarly articles, to uncover the best witch stories written in the English language over one hundred years after the horrific events of the Salem Witch Trials. They had a lasting effect in both the U.S. and Europe, as these publications reflect the many authors who penned witch stories in this genre. Andrew includes in his introduction to the collection, actual text from the Salem Witch Trials.

Shifters: Best Werewolf Short Stories 1800-1849

This classic werewolf anthology was picked as a Gothic Book Club Award Winner. In general, transformation of the werewolf in literature made its greatest strides in the 19th century when the shape-shifting monster leaped from poetry to the short story. It happened when this shorter form of literature was morphing into darker shapes thanks in no small part to Edgar Allan Poe, Honoré de Balzac, E. T. A. Hoffmann, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Prosper Mérimée, James Hogg, and so many others in Europe and the United States. The fifty year period between 1800 and 1849 is truly the cradle of all werewolf short stories.

Werewolfians: Best Werewolf Short Stories 1850-1899

Concluding the fifty year period that closed out the 19th century, this anthology includes excellent stories as the werewolf genre began morphing into its current state. Once again, Andrew has selected tales that have not been published in over a hundred years that he found in old magazines and journals.

The Divine Dantes: Squirt Guns in Hades (Book I of III)

If you’re actually going to waste your time reading this, I suppose you'll want to know answers to a bunch of squirrelly questions like the name of my band and who my girl is and why I don’t change my sorry name from Edward T. Nad to something rock-n-roll like Sting or Bono or Slash. The novel contains the characters of “The Inferno” and tracks their movements through Hades in modern times. Dante's Infernos: Squirt Guns in Hades is the first in a trilogy of novels that parallel “The Inferno,” “The Purgatorio,” and “The Paradiso” of Dante's The Divine Comedy through modern times.

Read the first chapter at the end of this book.

6a66le: Best Horror Short Stories 1800-1849

This is a collection for anyone who loves a classic horror story. The horror anthology was a Next Generation Finalist in the Indie Book Awards. Thanks to Edgar Allan Poe, Honoré de Balzac, Nathaniel Hawthorne and others, the first half of the nineteenth century is the cradle of all modern horror short stories. Andrew Barger, the editor, read over 300 horror short stories and compiled the dozen best. A few have never been republished since they were first published in leading periodicals of the day such as Blackwood’s and Atkinson’s Casket. Andrew includes a list of all short stories he considered along with their dates of publication and the author, when available. He further includes background for each of the stories, author photos and annotations for difficult terminology.

Mailboxes - Mansions - Memphistopheles: A Collection of Dark Tales

A finalist in the International Book Awards, Andrew Barger’s first short story collection unleashes a blend of character-driven dark tales, which are sure to be remembered. In the collection Andrew unleashes a blend of character-driven dark tales, which are sure to be remembered.

Mesaerion: Best Science Fiction Stories 1800-1849

Looking for sci-fi stories that defined a genre? How about what is possibly the first science fiction tale by a female or the first steampunk short story? There is the first voyage to the moon and first sci-fi story with a lunar alien—Zuloc! What about a darkness machine and the first robotic insect? Andrew has searched old texts to find the very best science fiction stories from the period when the genre came to life, some of which are published for the first time in nearly 200 years.

Coffee with Poe: A Novel of Edgar Allan Poe’s Life

Coffee with Poe brings Edgar Allan Poe to life as never before. The book is filled with actual letters from his many romances and literary contemporaries. Orphaned at the age of two, Poe is raised by John Allan—his abusive foster father—who refuses to adopt him until he becomes straight-laced and businesslike. Poe, however, fancies poetry and young women. The contentious relationship culminates in a violent altercation, which causes Poe to leave his wealthy foster father’s home to make it as a writer. Poe tries desperately to get established as a writer but is ridiculed by the “Literati of New York.”

BlooDeath: Best Vampire Short Stories 1800-1849

Unearthed from long forgotten journals and magazines, Andrew Barger has found the very best vampire short stories from the first half of the 19th century. They are collected for the first time in this groundbreaking book on the origins of vampire lore. Included is the first vampire story originally written in English by John Polidori after a dare with Lord Byron and Mary Shelley. The book contains the first vampire story by an American who was a graduate of Columbia Law School. The book further includes the first vampire stories by an Englishman and German, including the only vampire stories by such renowned authors as Alexander Dumas, Théophile Gautier and Joseph le Fanu. As readers have come to expect from Andrew, he includes annotations, story backgrounds, author photos and a foreword titled “With Teeth.”

Phantasmal: Best Ghost Short Stories 1800-1849

Ghost stories became very popular in the first half of the nineteenth century and this collection contains the very scariest of them all. Some stories thought to be too horrific were published anonymously like “A Night in a Haunted House” and “The Deaf and Dumb Girl,” with the later being anthologized for the first time since its original publication in 1839.

The other ghost stories are by famous authors. “The Mask of the Red Death,” is by Edgar Allan Poe; “A Chapter in the History of a Tyrone Family,” by Joseph Sheridan le Fanu; “The Spectral Ship,” by Wilhelm Hauff; “The Old Maid in the Winding Sheet,” by Nathaniel Hawthorne; “The Adventure of the German Student,” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” by Washington Irving; as well as “The Tapestried Chamber,” by Sir Walter Scott. Andrew Barger has added his familiar scholarly touch to this collection by including annotations, story backgrounds, author photos and a foreword titled “All Ghosts Are Gray.”

Leo Tolstoy’s 20 Greatest Short Stories Annotated

Anna Karenina and War and Peace revealed Leo Tolstoy as one of the greatest writers in modern history. Few, however, have read his wonderful short stories. Now, in one collection, are the greatest short stories of Tolstoy, which give a snapshot of Russia and its people in the late 19th century. Annotations are included of difficult Russian terms. Read these short classics today.

A truly impressive anthology, “Leo Tolstoy’s 20 Greatest Short Stories” is especially recommended for acquisition by community and academic libraries, as well as the supplemental reading lists for students of Russian Literature.

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Fright: Best Horror Short Stories 1850-1899

The best horror short stories from the last half of the nineteenth century are combined for the first time by Andrew Barger, award-winning author and editor of 6a66le: Best Horror Short Stories 1800-1849.

Andrew has meticulously researched the finest Victorian horror short stories and combined them into one undeniable collection. He has added his familiar scholarly touch by annotating the stories, providing story background information, author photos and a list of horror stories considered. Historic Horror. The best horror short stories from the last half of the 19th century include scary tales by Bram Stoker, Arthur Conan Doyle, Joseph Le Fanu, W. C. Morrow, H. G. Wells, Arthur Machen, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and other early founders of the horror tale.

Specters: Best Ghost Short Stories 1850-1899

The best ghost stories from the last half of the 19th century have been meticulously compiled for this anthology. It includes shocking tales from popular American and Victorian authors including: Bram Stoker, M. R. James, Joseph Le Fanu, Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Nesbit, and Francis Marion Crawford. Boo!

Middle Unearthed: Best Fantasy Short Stories 1800-1849

Before there were lovable green ogres called Shrek and a kid wizard named Harry Potter, there were the ten best fantasy short stories published in English during the first half of the nineteenth century. In old magazines and forgotten journals, Andrew read well over 100 fantasy short stories and settled on the very best for this fantasy anthology. He provides a list, at the back of the collection, of the stories considered along with the author and year of publication. Andrew further includes background introductions to each story and author photos, where available.

Most of the time, however, I am a shiny-happy guy. I would love to start a band if only I could settle on a name for it. I live (and frequently get lost) in the vast world of my active imagination. It is a happy place. Really, it is. Thanks for your interest! Visit me at www.AndrewBarger.com and at my blog: www.AndrewBarger.Blogspot.com.

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Brandon O.

It must be difficult to fictionalize America's greatest (and arguably most famous) poet

Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2017

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It must be difficult to fictionalize America's greatest (and arguably most famous) poet. Avid fans with romantic notions of the past will cry revisionist at the slightest perceived inaccuracy of character, and inevitably the work will be combed for both historic imprecision and grammatical error.

Did I notice these flaws? Of course. The author occasionally confuses pronouns, and there are several syntactical mistakes. But the book is fascinating and engaging. Barger has a gift for storytelling, and he brought Poe to life in a way that captured the tragic elements in both his life and character. True to Poe's motto, Barger has cultivated a work of literature from the little oatmeal of correspondence that remains.

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The closet thing you will get to an Edgar A. Poe autobiography.

Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2014

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While I have been a Poe fan for many years, I only know the basics about his life. Coffee with Poe was an enjoyable way to learn more about Poe without having to hit the stuffy history books. I found myself fact-checking the author, Andrew Barger, when details popped up that I found hard to believe. I found most of the events portrayed in the book to be accurate or at least based on established theories. Obviously there are many parts of the poet's life that remain a mystery, including his death. Barger does a good job of incorporating some more respected theories into the story.

A few of Poe's letters and poetry are interspersed through the text. The added context of the when and why he was writing these letters made these additions more enjoyable than they would be on their own. After reading Coffee with Poe I'm not sure if I would have liked Poe had I known him in person. In multiple letters to John Allan he both rails against him and then begs him for money, which is ironic and a bit childish. The author downplays Poe's drinking, perhaps how Poe would have done in real life but does discuss Poe's low tolerance of alcohol. Poe's financial struggles, his romantic relationships, and the quarrels with his many detractors were also well illustrated in this work.

Why I didn't give it five stars
There were some typos and editing oversights, especially towards the end of the book. Some of the dialogue, especially in the first few chapters, was not realistic and even a bit cringe-worthy at times. I almost didn't make it past the first few chapters due to this, but I am glad I did as the book picked up once it got to Poe's adult life. There were a few anachronisms, for instance a character ordering a Caesar salad while out to lunch with Poe. I don't think these were a thing at that time?! However these flaws are forgivable in the overall scheme of this book. A large amount of research obviously went into this work and these are just minor quibbles. I would recommend this to any fan of Edgar Allan Poe who wants to know more about the tragic but fascinating life of this author.

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Ronda S

It could have been

Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2018

I so wanted to love this book enough to recommend it to my book group. But alas, too many letters dragged on and on starting mid book to end. A book half as long would have done the trick.

Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2011

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I bought this book after reading a straighforward book on Poe, and I enjoyed it immensely. Being from Australia, I found that Mr Barger's colourful three dimensonal view of life in Poe's times really helped me to understand more about the man, his background and his writings. Thank you for a wonderful weaving of fact and fiction into a very readable book which really helped me put Poe into perspective amongst his peers of the time. Bravo.

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Amy C. Bennett

Still struggling through it...

Reviewed in the United States on December 24, 2008

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This book sounded so intriguing when I read the summary. I appreciate the research done on Poe's life, but I feel more research could have been done on the customs and practices of the specific time period. There a quite a few historical inaccuracies sprinkled throughout the book. They are minor for the most part and not pivotal to the "plot", but they still bothered me. A few other minor details rankled me a bit. The author, in Poe's voice, refers to Virginia's metronome as a "piano timer." I hardly think Poe would not have known the proper name for the device.
I am still working my way through the book. I have, for the most part, skipped over the included letters to and from Poe. I'm not sure why most of them were included since the author summarizes them before incorporating them completely.
I am going to try to finish the book, making sure to break at regular intervals to minimize the hair-pulling. If you just want to read about Poe in his own voice, have at this one. However, if you're looking for historical fiction, skip it and read Schecter.

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Kate

Excellent Read!

Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2013

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I came across this book accidentally searching Poe on the web. But I am so glad I found it!

Overall, the work is impressive. I appreciate the obvious care the author took in getting his facts right and I appreciate his portrayals of many of the characters.

Poe especially is portrayed in a sympathetic light. Although I disagree with the author's decision regarding the Poe-Osgood "affair" I was mostly pleased with how the issues of Poe's "alcoholism" and other faults were handled.

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Billie

Enjoyable book about Edgar Allen Poe

Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2014

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We met the author, Andrew Bargar, on a plane from Atlanta to Sarasota, Florida. I had always had an interest in Edgar Allen Poe, and this book helped me to better understand EAP's life and times. The author used letters from EAP's lifetime to frame the story. Very readable and informative for anyone who is interested in American authors from that time period.

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Cristy G

"endless toil and endeavor"

Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2012

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The curious and tragic life of the seemingly infamous, but greatly misunderstood Edgar Allan Poe, makes for an immensely interesting read with Bargar's skillful mix of fact and fictional speculation. I'd recommend COFFEE WITH POE to any fan of the talented dark poet; if for nothing else than to checkout emotionally charged, passionate and often overly dramatic collection of letters written by "The Raven" himself.

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karen pepper-bainbridge

Re: Coffee with Poe

Reviewed in Canada on December 11, 2013

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Barger is a great craftsman and wordsmith weaving a great adventure in the life of Poe from actual documents and letters. We have letters from 3 women who loved Poe and they breathe more life into this stimulating tome.
I would recommend this to lovers of American writers and poets.
Here we see Poe made human, hauntingly so.

Turbocat

Dark, mysterious and harrowing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 24, 2014

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What a fantastic read, a very dark and sad tale. A pale window into the life of a great poet. Of course we will never truly know what happened in his life and indeed in his death, but a fascinating, disturbing and tragic novel written both inquisitively and with utter beauty.

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