The Tell-Tale Heart
Title | The Tell-Tale Heart PDF eBook |
Author | Edgar Allan Poe |
Publisher | SAMPI Books |
Pages | 22 |
Release | 2024-01-29 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 656133115X |
In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart", the narrator tries to prove his sanity after murdering an elderly man because of his "vulture eye". His growing guilt leads him to hear the old man's heart beating under the floorboards, which drives him to confess the crime to the police.
Edgar and the Tattle-Tale Heart
Title | Edgar and the Tattle-Tale Heart PDF eBook |
Author | Jennifer Adams |
Publisher | Gibbs Smith |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Behavior |
ISBN | 9781423637660 |
When Edgar, the mischievous toddler, accidentally breaks a statue while roughhousing with his sister, he must decide whether to tell their mother the truth--and Lenore must decide whether or not to tattle.
The Life And Works Of Edgar Allen Poe
Title | The Life And Works Of Edgar Allen Poe PDF eBook |
Author | Julian Symons |
Publisher | House of Stratus |
Pages | 285 |
Release | 2014-07-01 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0755148355 |
The Tell-Tale Heart strips away myths that have grown up around the life of Edgar Allen Poe, providing a fresh assessment of the man and his work. Symons reveals Poe as his contemporaries saw him – a man struggling to make a living and whose life was beset by tragedy, such that he was driven to excessive drinking and unhealthy relationships.
Edgar Allan Poe's the Tell-tale Heart and Other Stories
Title | Edgar Allan Poe's the Tell-tale Heart and Other Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Harold Bloom |
Publisher | Infobase Publishing |
Pages | 221 |
Release | 2014-05-14 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 1438119224 |
Presents a collection of critical essays on Poe's novel, The tell-tale heart, arranged chronologically in the order of their original publication.
Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
Title | Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe PDF eBook |
Author | Edgar Allan Poe |
Publisher | Vintage |
Pages | 258 |
Release | 2011-02-16 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0307781402 |
A new selection for the NEA’s Big Read program A compact selection of Poe’s greatest stories and poems, chosen by the National Endowment for the Arts for their Big Read program. This selection of eleven stories and seven poems contains such famously chilling masterpieces of the storyteller’s art as “The Tell-tale Heart,” “The Fall of the House of Usher,” “The Cask of Amontillado,” and “The Pit and the Pendulum,” and such unforgettable poems as “The Raven,” “The Bells,” and “Annabel Lee.” Poe is widely credited with pioneering the detective story, represented here by “The Purloined Letter,” “The Mystery of Marie Roget,” and “The Murders in the Rue Morgue.” Also included is his essay “The Philosophy of Composition,” in which he lays out his theory of how good writers write, describing how he constructed “The Raven” as an example.
New Essays on Poe's Major Tales
Title | New Essays on Poe's Major Tales PDF eBook |
Author | Kenneth Silverman |
Publisher | CUP Archive |
Pages | 152 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780521422437 |
A variety of critical approaches illuminate different facets of Poe's complex imagination by concentrating on such famous tales as The Cask of Amontillado, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Black Cat and The Murders in the Rue Morgue.
The Tell-Tale Heart
Title | The Tell-Tale Heart PDF eBook |
Author | Edgar Allan Poe |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 14 |
Release | 2013-01-29 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1443423335 |
Having killed in a fit of passion, an unnamed narrator quickly hides the victim’s body only to be haunted by the victim’s relentless heartbeat. A pioneer of the short story genre, Poe’s stories typically captured themes of the macabre and included elements of the mysterious. His better-known stories include “The Fall of the House of Usher”, “The Pit and the Pendulum”, “The Murders in the Rue Morgue”, “The Masque of the Red Death” and “The Tell-Tale Heart”. HarperCollins brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperCollins short-stories collection to build your digital library.