The Devil in the Belfry

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How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Illustrated About The Devil in the Belfry by Edgar Allan Poe "The Devil in the Belfry" is a satirical story by Edgar Allan Poe. Plot Summary : In an isolated town called Vondervotteimittiss, the punctilious inhabitants seem to be concerned with nothing but clocks and cabbage. This methodical, boring and quiet little borough is devastated by the arrival of a devilish figure playing a big fiddle who comes straight down from a hill, goes into the belltower, brutally attacks the belfry-man and rings thirteen o'clock, to the horror of the town's inhabitants. The devil character can be seen as the bringer of chaos to an ordered system. In the context of the story, the devil is a troublemaker who destroys the serenity of tradition. However, in that Poe mocks the town's ridiculous traditions, it can be interpreted that the devil is a violent force of change, originality and creativity in an otherwise stagnant environment.