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  2. The Fall of the House of Usher - Wikipedia

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    September 1839. " The Fall of the House of Usher " is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1839 in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine, then included in the collection Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque in 1840. [1] The short story, a work of Gothic fiction, includes themes of madness, family, isolation, and ...

  3. The Cask of Amontillado - Wikipedia

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    The Cask of Amontillado. " The Cask of Amontillado " ( [a.mon.ti.ˈʝa.ðo]) is a short story by the American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in the November 1846 issue of Godey's Lady's Book. The story, set in an unnamed Italian city at carnival time, is about a man taking fatal revenge on a friend who, he believes, has insulted him.

  4. The Tell-Tale Heart - Wikipedia

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    January 1843. " The Tell-Tale Heart " is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1843. It is told by an unnamed narrator who endeavors to convince the reader of the narrator's sanity while simultaneously describing a murder the narrator committed. The victim was an old man with a filmy pale blue "vulture-eye", as ...

  5. MS. Found in a Bottle - Wikipedia

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    October 19, 1833. " MS. Found in a Bottle " is an 1833 short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. The plot follows an unnamed narrator at sea who finds himself in a series of harrowing circumstances. As he nears his own disastrous death while his ship drives ever southward, he writes an "MS.", or manuscript, telling of his adventures which ...

  6. The Masque of the Red Death - Wikipedia

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    Publication date. May 1842. " The Masque of the Red Death " (originally published as " The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy ") is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1842. The story follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague, known as the Red Death, by hiding in his abbey.

  7. The Purloined Letter - Wikipedia

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    December 1844. " The Purloined Letter " is a short story by American author Edgar Allan Poe. It is the third of his three detective stories featuring the fictional C. Auguste Dupin, the other two being "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and "The Mystery of Marie Rogêt". These stories are considered to be important early forerunners of the modern ...

  8. The Black Cat (short story) - Wikipedia

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    Media type. Print ( periodical) " The Black Cat " is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. It was first published in the August 19, 1843, edition of The Saturday Evening Post. In the story, an unnamed narrator has a strong affection for pets until he perversely turns to abusing them. His favorite, a pet black cat, bites him one ...

  9. The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether - Wikipedia

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    1845. " The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether " is a dark comedy short story by the American author Edgar Allan Poe. First published in Graham's Magazine in November 1845, the story centers on a naïve and unnamed narrator's visit to a mental asylum in the southern provinces of France.

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