{"_id":"6292c393fa5c01e51eff5d47","title":"The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar","publish_year":1845,"author":"Edgar Allan Poe","code":"the-facts-in-the-case-of-m-valdemar","words":3620,"image":"hand.jpg","image_alt":"A straining hand. Graphite filter.","genres":["gothic","horror"],"blurb":"There was no longer the faintest sign of vitality in M. Valdemar; and concluding him to be dead, we were consigning him to the charge of the nurses, when a strong vibratory motion was observable in the tongue.","description":"The narrator, a mesmerist (early hypnotist), finds a dying man willing to be mesmerised for experiment.","unique_cover":"People surrounding someone in bed as one person faints.","cover_source":"Tales of Mystery","cover_link":"https://archive.org/details/selectedtalesofm00poeeiala/page/240/mode/2up","has_review":false,"has_collections":false}