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Gothic FictionHorrorCircus & Carnival

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Ten Volumes - Volume Six - Tales-Horror and Death (Assignation / Berenice / Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Eleonora / Fall of the House of Usher / Ligeia / Morella / Oval Portrait / Pit and the Pendulum / Premature Burial / Shadow / Tell-Tale Heart)

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  • 1904 first published
  • 194 pages
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Published in 1904, The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Ten Volumes - Volume Six - Tales-Horror and Death (Assignation / Berenice / Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Eleonora / Fall of the House of Usher / Ligeia / Morella / Oval Portrait / Pit and the Pendulum / Premature Burial / Shadow / Tell-Tale Heart) is a gothic fiction and horror story collection by Edgar Allan Poe. The story is set in Valley of the Many-Colored Grass and Heaven, in Carnival. Characters include Father Time, Montresor and Fortunato. Key subjects include crime, first-person narrative, Homicide and Hyperesthesia.

It runs to roughly 194 pages — 3–4 hours of reading at an average pace.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Tropes

Setting

Era

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
  • Premature burial

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The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Ten Volumes - Volume Six - Tales-Horror and Death (Assignation / Berenice / Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Eleonora / Fall of the House of Usher / Ligeia / Morella / Oval Portrait / Pit and the Pendulum / Premature Burial / Shadow / Tell-Tale Heart) was written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1904.

What genre is The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Ten Volumes - Volume Six - Tales-Horror and Death (Assignation / Berenice / Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Eleonora / Fall of the House of Usher / Ligeia / Morella / Oval Portrait / Pit and the Pendulum / Premature Burial / Shadow / Tell-Tale Heart)?

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

How long is The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Ten Volumes - Volume Six - Tales-Horror and Death (Assignation / Berenice / Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Eleonora / Fall of the House of Usher / Ligeia / Morella / Oval Portrait / Pit and the Pendulum / Premature Burial / Shadow / Tell-Tale Heart)?

The median edition has 194 pages, about 3–4 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

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