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Gothic FictionHorrorCircus & Carnival

Eight Tales of Terror (Cask of Amontillado / Fall of the House of Usher / Hop-Frog / Imp of the Perverse / Ligeia / Mask of the Red Death / MS. Found in a Bottle / William Wilson)

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  • 1974 first published
  • 196 pages
  • 5 editions
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Published in 1974, Eight Tales of Terror (Cask of Amontillado / Fall of the House of Usher / Hop-Frog / Imp of the Perverse / Ligeia / Mask of the Red Death / MS. Found in a Bottle / William Wilson) is a gothic fiction and horror novel by Edgar Allan Poe. It takes readers to England and Eton College in Carnival. It features Montresor, Fortunato and Luchresi. Readers will find themes of Aristocracy, self-destructive behavior, metaphors and coronors.

16 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 5 editions.

At about 196 pages, most readers finish it in 3–4 hours.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

Characters

Subjects

  • Aristocracy
  • Self-destructive behavior
  • Metaphors
  • Coronors
  • Hanging
  • American Horror tales
  • Burial vaults
  • Catalepsy
  • Dragons
  • Gothic fiction
  • Hermitages
  • Heroic romances
  • Horror
  • Horror tales
  • Hysteria
  • Knights

Quick answers

Who wrote Eight Tales of Terror (Cask of Amontillado / Fall of the House of Usher / Hop-Frog / Imp of the Perverse / Ligeia / Mask of the Red Death / MS. Found in a Bottle / William Wilson)?

Eight Tales of Terror (Cask of Amontillado / Fall of the House of Usher / Hop-Frog / Imp of the Perverse / Ligeia / Mask of the Red Death / MS. Found in a Bottle / William Wilson) was written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1974.

What genre is Eight Tales of Terror (Cask of Amontillado / Fall of the House of Usher / Hop-Frog / Imp of the Perverse / Ligeia / Mask of the Red Death / MS. Found in a Bottle / William Wilson)?

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

How long is Eight Tales of Terror (Cask of Amontillado / Fall of the House of Usher / Hop-Frog / Imp of the Perverse / Ligeia / Mask of the Red Death / MS. Found in a Bottle / William Wilson)?

The median edition has 196 pages, about 3–4 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Eight Tales of Terror (Cask of Amontillado / Fall of the House of Usher / Hop-Frog / Imp of the Perverse / Ligeia / Mask of the Red Death / MS. Found in a Bottle / William Wilson)?

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

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