A Strange Discovery

A Strange Discovery
AuthorCharles Romyn Dake
LanguageEnglish
GenreAdventure novel
PublisherH. Ingalls Kimball
Publication date
1899
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardback)
Pages310
Preceded byThe Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket 

A Strange Discovery is an 1899 novel by Charles Romeyn Dake and is a sequel to Edgar Allan Poe's The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket which was published in 1838. It follows the experiences of the narrator, an Englishman, during his stay in Bellevue, Illinois (see below), and his encounter with Dirk Peters, Pym's sailor companion in Poe's novel. On his deathbed, Peters relates the missing conclusion to Poe's tale.