The TellTale Heart, Edgar Allan Poe
The TellTale Heart, Edgar Allan Poe
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The Tell-Tale Heart

Author: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrator: John Doyle

Unabridged: 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Booktrack

Published: 04/06/2018

Categories: Fiction, Classic


Synopsis

The anonymous narrator is suffering from a strange hyper-sensitivity to everything around him. He lives with an old man who has a clouded bluish eye, an abnormality that fascinates and disturbs him. Resolving to kill the man and dispose of his body, he soon realizes in horror, however, his innocent victim may never let him forget what he has done.

Author Bio

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American poet, short story writer, editor, and literary critic who is credited with inventing the detective fiction genre and with contributing to the emerging science fiction genre. He began his literary career with the anonymous publication of a collection of his poems entitled Tamerlane and Other Poems. He then turned to writing prose and spent the next several years working for literary journals and periodicals, becoming well known for his particular style of literary criticism. He served for a time on the staff of the New York Mirror, in which his poem "The Raven" was published. Poe's other well-known works include his stories "The Purloined Letter," "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," and "The Mystery of Marie Roget."

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