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Tales of Madness (Cask of Amontillade / Fall of the House of Usher / Ligeia / Pit and the Pendulum / Premature Burial / Raven / Tell-Tale Heart)

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  • 2007 first published
  • 128 pages
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Tales of Madness (Cask of Amontillade / Fall of the House of Usher / Ligeia / Pit and the Pendulum / Premature Burial / Raven / Tell-Tale Heart) is a 2007 gothic fiction and horror story collection by Edgar Allan Poe. Much of the action takes place in Toledo. It features Roderick Usher, Madeline Usher and Ethelred. Key subjects include crime, first-person narrative, Homicide and Hyperesthesia.

At about 128 pages, most readers finish it in 2–3 hours.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Characters

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

Quick answers

Who wrote Tales of Madness (Cask of Amontillade / Fall of the House of Usher / Ligeia / Pit and the Pendulum / Premature Burial / Raven / Tell-Tale Heart)?

Tales of Madness (Cask of Amontillade / Fall of the House of Usher / Ligeia / Pit and the Pendulum / Premature Burial / Raven / Tell-Tale Heart) was written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 2007.

What genre is Tales of Madness (Cask of Amontillade / Fall of the House of Usher / Ligeia / Pit and the Pendulum / Premature Burial / Raven / Tell-Tale Heart)?

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

How long is Tales of Madness (Cask of Amontillade / Fall of the House of Usher / Ligeia / Pit and the Pendulum / Premature Burial / Raven / Tell-Tale Heart)?

The median edition has 128 pages, about 2–3 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Tales of Madness (Cask of Amontillade / Fall of the House of Usher / Ligeia / Pit and the Pendulum / Premature Burial / Raven / Tell-Tale Heart)?

Readers who like it often enjoy Selected English Short Stories (Nineteenth Century), The Story and Its Writer -- Ninth Edition and Great American Short Stories.

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