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Gothic FictionHorrorCircus & Carnival

Short Stories (Cask of Amontillado / Gold-Bug / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Oval Portrait / Pit and the Pendulum / Some Words with a Mummy / Tell-Tale Heart)

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  • 1998 first published
  • 157 pages
  • ★ 4.0 (4 ratings)
  • 3 editions
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Edgar Allan Poe's Short Stories (Cask of Amontillado / Gold-Bug / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Oval Portrait / Pit and the Pendulum / Some Words with a Mummy / Tell-Tale Heart) (1998) is a gothic fiction and horror story collection. The story is set in Toledo, in Carnival. It features Montresor, Fortunato and Luchresi. Readers will find themes of crime, first-person narrative, Homicide and Hyperesthesia.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, and 6 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 3 editions.

At about 157 pages, most readers finish it in 2–3 hours.

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Era

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Subjects

  • 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
  • American Short stories

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Who wrote Short Stories (Cask of Amontillado / Gold-Bug / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Oval Portrait / Pit and the Pendulum / Some Words with a Mummy / Tell-Tale Heart)?

Short Stories (Cask of Amontillado / Gold-Bug / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Oval Portrait / Pit and the Pendulum / Some Words with a Mummy / Tell-Tale Heart) was written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1998.

What genre is Short Stories (Cask of Amontillado / Gold-Bug / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Oval Portrait / Pit and the Pendulum / Some Words with a Mummy / Tell-Tale Heart)?

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

How long is Short Stories (Cask of Amontillado / Gold-Bug / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Oval Portrait / Pit and the Pendulum / Some Words with a Mummy / Tell-Tale Heart)?

The median edition has 157 pages, about 2–3 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Short Stories (Cask of Amontillado / Gold-Bug / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Oval Portrait / Pit and the Pendulum / Some Words with a Mummy / Tell-Tale Heart)?

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

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