William Wilson (short story)

"William Wilson"
Short story by Edgar Allan Poe
The Gift, Carey and Hart, Philadelphia, 1840
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Publication
Published inBurton's Gentleman's Magazine
Media typeMonthly magazine
Publication dateOctober 1839

"William Wilson" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1839 in The Gift, with a setting inspired by Poe's formative years on the outskirts of London. The tale features a doppelgänger. It also appeared in the 1840 collection Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque, and has been adapted several times.