Download or read book A Descent Into the Maelstrom Illustrated written by Edgar Allan Poe and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-18 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Descent into the Maelström" is an 1841 short story by Edgar Allan Poe. In the tale, a man recounts how he survived a shipwreck and a whirlpool. It has been grouped with Poe's tales of ratiocination and labeled an early form of science fiction.