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4.2 · 30 pages · First published 1958
"The Tell-Tale Heart" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in James Russell Lowell's The Pioneer in January 1843. "The Tell-Tale Heart" is often considered a classic of the Gothic fiction genre and is one of Poe's best known short stories. It is related by an unnamed narrator who endeavors to convince the reader of the narrator's sanity while simultaneously describing a murder the narrator committed.
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AsesinatoCuentos de terror estadounidensesFicciónAmerican Horror talesAmerican literatureChildren's fictionClassic LiteratureCrimeCrime fictionCrime in fictionDelitosDetective and mystery storiesFictionfirst-person narrativeGothic fictionGothic fiction (literary genre)HomicideHorrorHorror fictionHorror stories
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