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Gothic FictionHorrorCircus & Carnival

Visions of Darkness (Cask of Amontillado / Masque of the Red Death / Oval Portrait / Raven / Tell-Tale Heart / To Helen)

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  • 1971 first published
  • 62 pages
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Published in 1971, Visions of Darkness (Cask of Amontillado / Masque of the Red Death / Oval Portrait / Raven / Tell-Tale Heart / To Helen) is a gothic fiction and horror novella by Edgar Allan Poe and Clarence Merton Babcock. It is set in Carnival. Characters include Montresor, Fortunato and Luchresi. Key subjects include crime, first-person narrative, Homicide and Hyperesthesia.

It runs to roughly 62 pages — about an hour of reading at an average pace.

Themes, setting & tropes

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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
  • Abbeys

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Who wrote Visions of Darkness (Cask of Amontillado / Masque of the Red Death / Oval Portrait / Raven / Tell-Tale Heart / To Helen)?

Visions of Darkness (Cask of Amontillado / Masque of the Red Death / Oval Portrait / Raven / Tell-Tale Heart / To Helen) was written by Edgar Allan Poe and Clarence Merton Babcock and first published in 1971.

What genre is Visions of Darkness (Cask of Amontillado / Masque of the Red Death / Oval Portrait / Raven / Tell-Tale Heart / To Helen)?

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

How long is Visions of Darkness (Cask of Amontillado / Masque of the Red Death / Oval Portrait / Raven / Tell-Tale Heart / To Helen)?

The median edition has 62 pages, about about an hour of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Visions of Darkness (Cask of Amontillado / Masque of the Red Death / Oval Portrait / Raven / Tell-Tale Heart / To Helen)?

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