The Tell-Tale Heart

Name: The Tell-Tale Heart
Brand: Penguin Books Ltd
SKU: 9780141397269
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By Edgar Allan Poe

Series: Penguin Little Black Classics

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In Edgar Allan Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart, the narrator describes their descent into madness as they become obsessed with a meticulous plan to commit murder. The story explores themes of guilt and paranoia, driving the protagonist to psychological extremes. This chilling tale engages readers with its intense and suspenseful narrative.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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The Tell-Tale Heart

Includes stories about murder, mystery and madness, portraying the author's feverish imagination at its creative height.

Horrifying tales of mystery, sickening madness and buried bodies by the master of the macabre.

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Little Black Classics - the new series to celebrate Penguin's 80th anniversary.

Presently I heard a slight groan, and I knew it was a groan of mortal terror ... the low stifled sound that arises from the bottom of the soul.

Stories about murder, mystery and madness, portraying the author's feverish imagination at its creative height.

Introducing Little Black Classics - 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe.

Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780141397269

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 February 2015

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 5.0mm

Width: 110.0mm

Height: 161.0mm

Weight: 55g

Pages: 64

Collections

Edgar Allan Poe Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction Penguin Books Penguin Classics Series: Penguin Little Black Classics

About the Author

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849). Poe's works available in Penguin Classics are The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings, The Masque of the Red Death, The Murders in the Rue Morgue and Other Tales, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Portable Edgar Allan Poe and The Science Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe.