A Tale of The Ragged Mountains

About “A Tale of The Ragged Mountains”

"A Tale of the Ragged Mountains" is a fantastical short story written by Edgar Allan Poe. The story is set near Charlottesville, Virginia, and is the only tale the author wrote that takes place in the state. It was first published in April 1844 in Godey's Lady's Book. The story was included in an anthology the next year titled Tales, published in New York by Wiley and Putnam. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)