▁Category : 1 8 8 8 ▁death s ▁Category : M embers ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁South ▁Wales ▁Legisl ative ▁Assembly ▁Category : M embers ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁South ▁Wales ▁Legisl ative ▁Council ▁Category : Pe ople ▁from ▁F ife ▁Category : Sc ott ish ▁em igr ants ▁to ▁colonial ▁Australia ▁Category : 1 9 th - century ▁Australian ▁polit icians <0x0A> </s> ▁" B on - B on " ▁is ▁a ▁com edic ▁short ▁story ▁by ▁Ed gar ▁All an ▁Po e , ▁first ▁published ▁in ▁December ▁ 1 8 3 2 ▁in ▁the ▁Philadelphia ▁Saturday ▁Cou rier . ▁Origin ally ▁called ▁" The ▁B arg ain ▁Lost ", ▁it ▁follows ▁Pierre ▁Bon - B on , ▁who ▁bel ieves ▁himself ▁a ▁prof ound ▁phil os opher , ▁and ▁his ▁encounter ▁with ▁the ▁Dev il . ▁The ▁story ' s ▁humor ▁is ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁ver bal ▁inter change ▁between ▁the ▁two , ▁which ▁s ati riz es ▁classical ▁philosoph ers ▁such ▁as ▁Pl ato ▁and ▁Arist ot le . ▁The ▁Dev il ▁reve als ▁that ▁he ▁has ▁e aten ▁the ▁sou ls ▁of ▁many ▁of ▁these ▁philosoph ers . ▁ ▁The ▁story , ▁which ▁received ▁moder ate ▁pra ise , ▁was ▁originally ▁submitted ▁by ▁Po e ▁as ▁" The ▁B arg ain ▁Lost ", ▁and ▁was ▁his ▁entry ▁to ▁a ▁writing ▁contest . ▁Though ▁none ▁of ▁the ▁five ▁stories ▁he ▁submitted ▁won ▁the ▁prize , ▁the ▁Cou rier ▁printed ▁them ▁all , ▁possibly ▁without ▁pay ing ▁Po e ▁for ▁them . ▁This