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When Charles Dickens arrived in Boston Harbor, where he started, they had to keep it secret because there was such a mob of people expecting him, and they actually chased down his carriage at the hotel, the Parker House Hotel.

From Matthew Pearl

I still have my high school copy of the collected Poe - missing its covers and pretty worse for the wear.

From Matthew Pearl

My high school English teacher in junior year, Dr. Robert Parsons, assigned us some Poe stories, including 'The Black Cat' and 'The Purloined Letter.' Being an animal person, I had trouble with 'The Black Cat!' I got hooked instead by 'The Purloined Letter,' a Poe story with detective C. Auguste Dupin.

From Matthew Pearl

I had a dog named Oliver with severe separation anxiety. He couldn't be alone... so I had to bring him wherever I went.

From Matthew Pearl

Porter Square Books was the only place I could find that was dog-friendly, work-friendly, and had food. I was there all the time.

From Matthew Pearl

As a writer of historical fiction, I believe you don't want to fictionalize gratuitously; you want the fictional aspects to prod and pressure the history into new and exciting reactions.

From Matthew Pearl

I was fortunate that Yale has a very open and creative law school. I took many courses outside the law school, and every semester, the students had a literature reading group. I was asked to lead one on 'Dante and the Concept of Justice,' and it was around that time that I began writing the novel.

From Matthew Pearl

'The Dante Club' was one of America's most important book clubs, as their Wednesday night meetings ultimately led to our country's first exposure to Dante's poetry on a wide scale.

From Matthew Pearl

There's a remarkable power about reading together, reading collectively, that's brought out by reading groups.

From Matthew Pearl

One thing I incorporated in my novel 'The Poe Shadow' was the little-known fact that documents show Poe inherited a slave and decided to free him.

From Matthew Pearl

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