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A narrator insists he is sane while he describes a murder and the sound that haunts him
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What it is about
In this very short story, the narrator tells us again and again that he is not mad. He explains how he killed an old man because of his pale, vulture-like eye, and how carefully he hid the body. Then a sound starts to ring in his ears.
Who will enjoy it
Readers who like classic horror in a very short format.
What you will get
A short story you can read in ten minutes. It is one of the best-known tales of its kind.
The Tell-Tale Heart Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting
Genre
Horror · Guilt · Madness · Short story
Length
30 pages · ≈ 1 h
More about this book
Characters
An unnamed narrator and an old man.
Setting
A single old house.
What makes it different
A short, intense monologue by an unreliable narrator.
Feel
Eerie, tense and feverish.
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