The Duc de L'Omelette

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Description humorous short story by Edgar Allan Poe, in which the Duc de L'Omelette dies while eating an ortolan, finds himself in hell, and avoids damnation by cheating Satan at cards
Author/s

author: Edgar Allan Poe 

Publication date 1840
Language English
Country of origin United States of America
Wikipedia link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Duc_de_L%27Omelette
Copyright status

public domain in United States of America.

public domain in countries with 100 years pma or shorter.

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