| Author | : Edgar Allan Poe |
| Publisher | : SAMPI Books |
| Total Pages | : 22 |
| Release | : 2024-01-29 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 656133115X |
In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart", the narrator tries to prove his sanity after murdering an elderly man because of his "vulture eye". His growing guilt leads him to hear the old man's heart beating under the floorboards, which drives him to confess the crime to the police.
| Author | : Edgar Allan Poe |
| Publisher | : Vintage |
| Total Pages | : 258 |
| Release | : 2011-02-16 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0307781402 |
A new selection for the NEA’s Big Read program A compact selection of Poe’s greatest stories and poems, chosen by the National Endowment for the Arts for their Big Read program. This selection of eleven stories and seven poems contains such famously chilling masterpieces of the storyteller’s art as “The Tell-tale Heart,” “The Fall of the House of Usher,” “The Cask of Amontillado,” and “The Pit and the Pendulum,” and such unforgettable poems as “The Raven,” “The Bells,” and “Annabel Lee.” Poe is widely credited with pioneering the detective story, represented here by “The Purloined Letter,” “The Mystery of Marie Roget,” and “The Murders in the Rue Morgue.” Also included is his essay “The Philosophy of Composition,” in which he lays out his theory of how good writers write, describing how he constructed “The Raven” as an example.
| Author | : Julian Symons |
| Publisher | : House of Stratus |
| Total Pages | : 285 |
| Release | : 2014-07-01 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 0755148355 |
The Tell-Tale Heart strips away myths that have grown up around the life of Edgar Allen Poe, providing a fresh assessment of the man and his work. Symons reveals Poe as his contemporaries saw him – a man struggling to make a living and whose life was beset by tragedy, such that he was driven to excessive drinking and unhealthy relationships.
| Author | : Jennifer Adams |
| Publisher | : Gibbs Smith |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2014 |
| Genre | : Behavior |
| ISBN | : 9781423637660 |
When Edgar, the mischievous toddler, accidentally breaks a statue while roughhousing with his sister, he must decide whether to tell their mother the truth--and Lenore must decide whether or not to tattle.
| Author | : Edgar Poe |
| Publisher | : Library of Alexandria |
| Total Pages | : 20 |
| Release | : |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1613109903 |
| Author | : |
| Publisher | : Capstone |
| Total Pages | : 74 |
| Release | : 2013 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1434230236 |
Retold in graphic novel form, the narrator tells the reader about the murder he committed, and the terrifying aftermath.
| Author | : Edgar Allan Poe |
| Publisher | : Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 11 |
| Release | : 2020-08-01 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : |
This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, one of the author’s best-known short stories. It is told from the point of view of an unnamed narrator who is at great pains to convince the reader of their lucidity; however, this only serves to accentuate their frightening descent into madness. The narrator lives with an elderly man whose “vulture eye” becomes an obsession for him, with terrible consequences. Edgar Allan Poe was an American short story writer, poet, critic, novelist and editor. He is best known for his stories of mystery and horror, which stand out for their chilling atmosphere and vivid, memorable characters. Find out everything you need to know about The Tell-Tale Heart in a fraction of the time! Edgar Allan Poe is also famous for such works as ''The Raven'', "The Cask of Amontillado", "The Fall of the House of Usher", "The Masque of the Red Death", "The Pit and the Pendulum", "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", "The Tell-Tale Heart", "The Gold-Bug", "The Black Cat", "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar", "Hop-Frog" and many more.
| Author | : Gare Thompson |
| Publisher | : Benchmark Education Company |
| Total Pages | : 28 |
| Release | : 2007 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1410879453 |
Perform this script about two policemen who investigate a murder mystery.
| Author | : Edgar Allan Poe |
| Publisher | : First Avenue Editions |
| Total Pages | : 282 |
| Release | : 2015-08-01 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 146779306X |
This collection of sixteen short stories includes some of Edgar Allan Poe's most boundary-pushing and blood-chilling work. Selections range from "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," which launched the detective mystery genre, to "The Tell-Tale Heart," a Gothic classic about a murderer's overwhelming guilt. Discover tales of creatures that return from the dead, ghastly diseases that claim their victims within half an hour, and secret messages that lead to buried treasure. This curated compilation contains unabridged versions of the American author's finest tales; the short stories were originally published between 1832 and 1849.
