Gothic FictionHorrorCircus & Carnival

Poe (Assignation / Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Fall of the House of Usher / Gold-Bug / Ligeia / Ms Found in a Bottle)

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  • 1897 first published
  • 207 pages
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Edgar Allan Poe's Poe (Assignation / Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Fall of the House of Usher / Gold-Bug / Ligeia / Ms Found in a Bottle) (1897) is a gothic fiction and horror novel. It is set in Carnival. It features Montresor, Fortunato and Luchresi. Key subjects include crime, revenge, cats and first-person narrative.

11 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list.

At about 207 pages, most readers finish it in 3–4 hours.

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  • Children's fiction
  • Classic Literature
  • Crime
  • Detective and mystery stories
  • Horror stories
  • Revenge
  • Horror fiction
  • Cats
  • Short story
  • First-person narrative
  • Unreliable narrators
  • Self-hatred
  • Gallows
  • American Horror tales
  • Burial vaults
  • Catalepsy

Quick answers

Who wrote Poe (Assignation / Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Fall of the House of Usher / Gold-Bug / Ligeia / Ms Found in a Bottle)?

Poe (Assignation / Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Fall of the House of Usher / Gold-Bug / Ligeia / Ms Found in a Bottle) was written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1897.

What genre is Poe (Assignation / Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Fall of the House of Usher / Gold-Bug / Ligeia / Ms Found in a Bottle)?

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

How long is Poe (Assignation / Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Fall of the House of Usher / Gold-Bug / Ligeia / Ms Found in a Bottle)?

The median edition has 207 pages, about 3–4 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Poe (Assignation / Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Fall of the House of Usher / Gold-Bug / Ligeia / Ms Found in a Bottle)?

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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