Author:  Edgar Allan Poe
Online reading time: 45 min.
Published:  1838
Original language:  English
Type:  Story , Novel
Literary Genre: humor, satire

Signora Psyche Zenobia climbed to the dizzying heights of the huge, ancient Gothic cathedral and decided to enjoy the marvelous view of the city of Edina by standing on the shoulders of her faithful servant Pompey and sticking her head through the opening above the huge clockwork. Absorbed by the divine landscape, she stood like that until the huge, shining minute hand, like a sword turning around the dial, reached her neck….