Setting

In what follows, we discuss the setting of the short story “The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar” by Edgar Allan Poe.

Time and physical setting

The short story “The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar” by Edgar Allan Poe is set in Harlem, New York City, sometime during the early 1840s and most of the action takes place in the house of M. Valdemar.

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Social setting

However, the social setting gives readers an idea about the way even high society and intellectuals were drawn to occult science during those times.

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