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The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings - Community Reviews back

by Edgar Allan Poe
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chadschimke
chadschimke rated it 9 years ago
TELL-TALE HEART – We’ve probably all read one of Poe’s masterpieces. If you haven’t, then the Halloween season is a perfect time to do so. The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings by Edgar Allan Poe is chockfull of mystery, horror, prose and poetry. The Tell-Tale Heart (Poe’s best work) describes the ...
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it 11 years ago
bookshelves: boo-scary, classic, fraudio, victoriana, gothic, shortstory-shortstories-novellas, teh-brillianz, mystery-thriller, psychology Read in April, 2009, read count: 4+ 19/04/2009 Iggy Pop reads. ---31/10/2009 Re-read by Basil Rathbone
Books Less Travelled
Books Less Travelled rated it 12 years ago
A very good book, a dark and twisted story of the descent into madness for a killer.
Life of a bookworm
Life of a bookworm rated it 13 years ago
Heart touching
11811
11811 rated it 14 years ago
I'm not nearly refined enough to be reading Poe but this was pretty darn good.
Kaethe
Kaethe rated it 14 years ago
Such a great story. The craziness is well-portrayed.
Literary Ames
Literary Ames rated it 15 years ago
I've only ever read The Raven by Poe which I absolutely adored and although I didn't enjoy this short story with as much relish, it was still rather good. The suspense, the deed and the resulting guilt driving him to confess were all done rather well. I must read more by this author.
Danielle's Reading Adventures
Danielle's Reading Adventures rated it 15 years ago
I've read this story, not the whole book. In my opinion, this is a masterpiece of suspense, and a powerful story about how a person's guilt will betray them in the end. I love the way Poe builds up the tension slowly but surely until the end, with a careful use of narrative. I believe this is the ...
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it 16 years ago
19/04/2009 Iggy Pop reads.---31/10/2009 Re-read by Basil Rathbone
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