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Edgar Allan Poe - The Tell-Tale Heart

About the Author:

Edgar Allan Poe is a very famous Short-Story-Writer. He lives 1809 until 1848. He was adopted, because his dad died as he was a cild. He lived in England and visited a good school.
Leter he studies in Virginia.
He had a very mad life - because he loves alkohol, drugs and gambling - an this is reflected in his literature. Today, his literature is famous for his way of life....
He prepared his Stories always with a lot of analytical logic.
His most famous stories are:
The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1841)
The Masque of the Red Death (1842)
The Oval Portrait (1844)
His psychological are interessests are very typical for him, especially in this short story "The Tell-Tale Heart". This story is written in 1843.

Summary

The story "The Tell-Tale Heart" written by Edgar Allan Poe in 1843 is told by an mad man - as a first person narrator. This madman describes his plan to kill an old man, althought he is very mad and and mental destroit. Without scrupl...

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