Diddling

Diddling Considered as One of the Exact Sciences (1843) is a very droll piece by Edgar Allan Poe. The use of the jocular term "diddling" makes it clear from the title that it will be a facetious essay, intended to amuse. Up until comparatively recently the word "diddling" was commonly used as a slang wry term for a swindler, employing a confidence trick, so the indignant victim might say, "He diddled me out of five pounds!" Unfortunately though it now also has a very earthy, some may say obscene, urban meaning, which means that a modern audience has to take the norms of Poe's time on board even more than usual.

• • Author: Edgar Allan Poe, Yasmira Cedeno
• • Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• • Publication Date: Apr 18, 2017
• • Number of Pages: 28 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1545472742
• • ISBN-13: 9781545472743