When the brilliant raven-haired beauty Lijia falls ill, will her genius be enough to help her recover?

Edgar Allan Poe, today on the Classic Tales Podcast.

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Playwright and critic George Bernard Shaw said of today's story,

The story of the Lady Ligia is not merely one of the wonders of literature.

It is unparalleled and unapproached. I hope you enjoy it. And now, Lijia, by Edgar Allen Poe. I cannot for my soul remember how, when or even precisely where I first became acquainted with the Lady Ligia.

Long years have since elapsed, and my memory is feeble through much suffering. Or perhaps I cannot now bring these points to mind, because in

truth the character of my beloved, her rare learning, her singular yet placid cast of beauty, and the thrilling and enthralling eloquence

of her low musical language made their way into my heart by paces so steadily and stealthily

progressive that they have been unnoticed and unknown. Yet I believe that I met her first and most frequently in some large old

decaying city near the Rhine. Of her family I have surely heard her speak, that it is of a remotely ancient day it cannot be doubted.

Aijia.

Aijia.

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