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. -Matthew Pearl Teacher
I don't like my birthday. I don't like things that are directed towards me. It took me a long time to get over people asking me to write my name in the book. -Matthew Pearl Birthday
When it comes to referring to Dickens's life, performing plays with your nine children for friends and family during Christmas is Dickensian. -Matthew Pearl Christmas
