The Premature Burial
| By: | Edgar Allan Poe |
| Publisher: | Hayes Barton Press |
| eText ISBN: | L-999-74828 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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The fear of being buried alive was common in the nineteenth century. Edgar Allan Poe dramatized this fear in The Premature Burial. The main character suffers from a condition that causes him to fall into a deathlike state. Because of this, he is consumed by a fear of being buried alive and takes numerous precautions against it.