The Black Cat
"The Black Cat" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in the August 19, 1843, edition of The Saturday Evening Post. Through this short story, we explore the psychology of guilt. A murderer meticulously conceals his crime and believes himself indestructible, but eventually breaks...
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"The Black Cat" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in the August 19, 1843, edition of The Saturday Evening Post. Through this short story, we explore the psychology of guilt. A murderer meticulously conceals his crime and believes himself indestructible, but eventually breaks down and reveals himself, due to the guilt he feels.
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9781532874239 (1532874235)
ASIN: 1532874235
Publish date: 2016-04-21
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (2010-12-22)
Pages no: 26
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Classics,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
American,
Mystery,
19th Century,
Horror,
Short Stories,
Gothic
What a disturbing. creepy and dark story with an awful and insane human being as a narrator. I liked the writing and build up of this story, but I cannot approve of the cruelty against the poor cat. And I sincerely hope that cats will haunt the narrator in his afterlife.
Pluto---this was the cat's name---was my favorite pet and playmate. With this in my collection, I felt obligated to read it for Bingo :) This short story is a doozie for animal lovers, especially cat ones. Our leader through this madness states he has an "illness". As you read along, i...
I know this was the obvious choice for the Black cat square of the bingo card but I had never read it before. Come to think of it, I am not sure I ever read Edgar Allen Poe (*gasp*). Well let me tell you, as an animal lover I read this with my mouth hanging open. It is shocking and heartbreaking and...
I will say this for Mr. Poe, he knows how to piss me off! The story was absolutely vile & despicable & I never want to read anything like it again! The only redeeming part was the ending & for that alone and that only I give it 2 stars especially considering I found an inconsistency... [spoiler] In ...
mn-2015, halloween-2015, re-visit-2015, paper-read, shortstory-shortstories-novellas Read on October 11, 2015 Listen HereOpening: FOR THE MOST WILD YET most homely narrative which I am about to pen, I neither expect nor solicit belief.
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