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I felt that I must scream or die! --and now --again! --hark! louder! louder! louder! louder! --. "Villains!" I shrieked, " dissemble no more! I admit the deed! --tear up the planks! --here, here! --it is the beating of his hideous heart!" The complete, unabridged text of The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, with vocabulary words and definitions.
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"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.
- Edgar Allan Poe
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A comprehensive guide to Edgar Allan Poe's short story \"The Tell-Tale Heart\", about a murderer who hides the body and hears the sound of the old man's heart. Learn about the themes, quotes, characters, symbols, literary devices and more.
A narrator confesses to killing an old man out of fear of his pale blue eye. He hides the body and escapes detection, but hears the heartbeat beneath the floorboards and confesses to the police.
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Apr 12, 2024 · The Tell-Tale Heart, short Gothic horror story by Edgar Allan Poe, published in The Pioneer in 1843. Poe’s tale of murder and terror, told by a nameless homicidal madman, influenced later stream-of-consciousness fiction and helped secure the author’s reputation as master of the macabre.
Learn how Poe explores paranoia, murder, and identity in this classic short story. The narrator claims to love the old man he kills, but he is obsessed with his eye and his heartbeat.
