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Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Tell‑Tale Heart,’ first published in 1843 in The Pioneer, is a staple of American Gothic fiction. Told in a frantic first‑person voice, the story follows an unnamed narrator who attempts to prove his sanity as he describes the murder of a feeble old man. The terror is heightened by the narrator’s intense focus on the beating heart, which becomes the impossible evidence that compels him to confession. The piece exemplifies Poe’s mastery of psychological horror, hyperesthesia, and the exploration of guilt and paranoia.
First publish date: June 1976
Genre: Horror/Gothic Horror
Authors: Edgar Allan Poe
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