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Edgar Allan Poe

The Tell-Tale Heart

“The Tell-Tale Heart” is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe first published in 1843. It follows an unnamed narrator who insists on his sanity after murdering an old man with a "vulture eye”. The murder is carefully calculated, and the murderer hides the body by cutting it into pieces and hiding it under the floorboards. Ultimately the narrator's guilt manifests itself in the hallucination that the man's heart is still beating under the floorboards.
It is unclear what relationship, if any, the old man and his murderer share. It has been suggested that the old man is a father figure or, perhaps, that his vulture eye represents some sort of veiled secret. The ambiguity and lack of details about the two main characters stand in stark contrast to the specific plot details leading up to the murder.
The story was first published in James Russell Lowell's The Pioneer in January 1843. “The Tell-Tale Heart” is widely considered a classic of the Gothic fiction genre and one of Poe's most famous short stories.
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  • Linh Phạmshared an impression4 years ago
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    I love the storyline-it was very easy to follow. The descriptions of feelings were very surreal - it makes me feel like im living inside the novel. It’s a very meaningful story - would 100% recommend to others.

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    Loved it, it was as if I could actually see it, it was like I was there!

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    I AM SO IN LOVE WITH THIS!!!

Quotes

  • ziggy73has quoted4 years ago
    have I not told you that what you mistake for madness is but over acuteness of the senses?
  • Demi Parkerhas quoted7 years ago
    Oh, you would have laughed to see how cunningly I thrust it in!
  • Madyson Rosshas quoted4 years ago
    . Madmen know nothing.

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