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Gothic FictionHorrorCircus & Carnival

Great Tales of Terror (Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Fall of the House of Usher / Ligeia / Pit and the Pendulum)

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  • 1980 first published
  • 131 pages
  • 2 editions
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Great Tales of Terror (Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Fall of the House of Usher / Ligeia / Pit and the Pendulum) is a 1980 gothic fiction and horror story collection by Edgar Allan Poe. It takes readers to Toledo in Carnival. Characters include Montresor, Fortunato and Luchresi. Readers will find themes of Fear, pendulums, Spanish Inquisition and burial vaults.

At about 131 pages, most readers finish it in 2–3 hours.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Tropes

Setting

Era

Characters

Subjects

  • American Horror tales
  • American Short stories
  • Children's fiction
  • Fear
  • Horror
  • Horror stories
  • Pendulums
  • Spanish Inquisition
  • Burial vaults
  • Catalepsy
  • Dragons
  • Gothic fiction
  • Hermitages
  • Heroic romances
  • Horror tales
  • Hysteria

Quick answers

Who wrote Great Tales of Terror (Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Fall of the House of Usher / Ligeia / Pit and the Pendulum)?

Great Tales of Terror (Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Fall of the House of Usher / Ligeia / Pit and the Pendulum) was written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1980.

What genre is Great Tales of Terror (Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Fall of the House of Usher / Ligeia / Pit and the Pendulum)?

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

How long is Great Tales of Terror (Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Fall of the House of Usher / Ligeia / Pit and the Pendulum)?

The median edition has 131 pages, about 2–3 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Great Tales of Terror (Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Fall of the House of Usher / Ligeia / Pit and the Pendulum)?

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 The Book of the Dead.

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