Summary The narrator tells the story of the short life of his poor friend, Toby Dammit. As he was poor, he had no money, yet he gambled. As a joke, he would "bet the Devil his head."
"Never Bet the Devil Your Head", often subtitled "A Tale with a Moral", is a short story by American author Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1841. The satirical tale pokes fun at the notion that all literature should have a moral[1] and spoofs transcendentalism.
Summary The narrator tells the story of the short life of his poor friend, Toby Dammit. As he was poor, he had no money, yet he gambled. As a joke, he would "bet the Devil his head."
"Never Bet the Devil Your Head", often subtitled "A Tale with a Moral", is a short story by American author Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1841. The satirical tale pokes fun at the notion that all literature should have a moral[1] and spoofs transcendentalism.
