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Gothic FictionHorrorCircus & Carnival

Black Stories (Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Fall of the House of Usher / Masque of the Red Death / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Tell-Tale Heart / William Wilson)

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  • 2015 first published
  • 130 pages
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Edgar Allan Poe's Black Stories (Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Fall of the House of Usher / Masque of the Red Death / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Tell-Tale Heart / William Wilson) (2015) is a gothic fiction and horror novella. The story is set in England and Eton College, in Carnival. Characters include William Wilson, Montresor and Fortunato. Readers will find themes of Aristocracy, crime, first-person narrative and Homicide.

It runs to roughly 130 pages — 2–3 hours of reading at an average pace.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Tropes

Setting

Era

Characters

Subjects

  • Aristocracy
  • American Horror tales
  • Children's fiction
  • Classic Literature
  • Crime
  • Crime fiction
  • Detective and mystery stories
  • First-person narrative
  • Gothic fiction
  • Homicide
  • Horror
  • Horror fiction
  • Horror stories
  • Horror tales
  • Hyperesthesia
  • Murder

Quick answers

Who wrote Black Stories (Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Fall of the House of Usher / Masque of the Red Death / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Tell-Tale Heart / William Wilson)?

Black Stories (Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Fall of the House of Usher / Masque of the Red Death / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Tell-Tale Heart / William Wilson) was written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 2015.

What genre is Black Stories (Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Fall of the House of Usher / Masque of the Red Death / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Tell-Tale Heart / William Wilson)?

It is usually shelved as Gothic Fiction, Horror, Circus & Carnival and Dragon Fiction.

How long is Black Stories (Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Fall of the House of Usher / Masque of the Red Death / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Tell-Tale Heart / William Wilson)?

The median edition has 130 pages, about 2–3 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Black Stories (Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Fall of the House of Usher / Masque of the Red Death / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Tell-Tale Heart / William Wilson)?

Readers who like it often enjoy 21 Great Stories, The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition and Horror Stories.

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