Diddling

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Edgar Allan Poe

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Diddling Considered as One of the Exact Sciences (1843) is a very droll piece by Edgar Allan Poe. The use of the jocular term "diddling" makes it clear from the title that it will be a facetious essay, intended to amuse. Up until comparatively recently the word "diddling" was commonly used as a slang wry term for a swindler, employing a confidence trick, so the indignant victim might say, "He diddled me out of five pounds!" Unfortunately though it now also has a very earthy, some may say obscene, urban meaning, which means that a modern audience has to take the norms of Poe's time on board even more than usual.

Release date NZ

April 18th, 2017

Author

Edgar Allan Poe

Contributor

Edited by Yasmira Cedeno

Pages

Interest Age

12 years

Audience

Teenage / Young Adult

Dimensions

152x229x2

ISBN-13

9781545472743

Product ID

37437287

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