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Von Kempelen and His Discovery

By: Edgar Allan Poe
Narrated by: Nick Number
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Summary

In this tale by sensational storyteller and poet Edgar Allen Poe, a newspaper article claims that a man by the name of Von Kempelen has discovered the alchemical process by which to turn iron into pure gold.

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