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The Tell-Tale Heart

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  • 1958 first published
  • 30 pages
  • ★ 4.2 (60 ratings)
  • 71 editions
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The Tell-Tale Heart is a 1958 gothic fiction and horror short story by Edgar Allan Poe. Readers will find themes of Asesinato, crime, delitos and first-person narrative.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.2 out of 5 from 60 ratings, and 297 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 71 editions across 4 languages.

It runs to roughly 30 pages — about 35 minutes of reading at an average pace.

About The Tell-Tale Heart

"The Tell-Tale Heart" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in James Russell Lowell's The Pioneer in January 1843. "The Tell-Tale Heart" is often considered a classic of the Gothic fiction genre and is one of Poe's best known short stories. It is related by an unnamed narrator who endeavors to convince the reader of the narrator's sanity while simultaneously describing a murder the narrator committed.
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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Asesinato
  • Cuentos de terror estadounidenses
  • American Horror tales
  • Children's fiction
  • Classic Literature
  • Crime
  • Crime fiction
  • Crime in fiction
  • Delitos
  • Detective and mystery stories
  • First-person narrative
  • Gothic fiction
  • Gothic fiction, Literary genre
  • Homicide
  • Horror
  • Horror fiction

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Quick answers

Who wrote The Tell-Tale Heart?

The Tell-Tale Heart was written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1958.

What genre is The Tell-Tale Heart?

It is usually shelved as Gothic Fiction and Horror.

How long is The Tell-Tale Heart?

The median edition has 30 pages, about about 35 minutes of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Tell-Tale Heart?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Story and Its Writer -- Ninth Edition, Great Short Stories of the World -- a collection of complete short stories chosen from the literatures of all periods and countries and We Have Always Lived in the Castle.

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