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The Tell-Tale Heart
The Tell-Tale Heart | Edgar Poe
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"The Tell-Tale Heart" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe first published in 1843. It is told by an unnamed narrator who endeavors to convince the reader of his sanity, while describing a murder he committed. (The victim was an old man with a filmy "vulture-eye", as the narrator calls it.) The murder is carefully calculated, and the murderer hides the body by dismembering it and hiding it under the floorboards. Ultimately the narrator's guilt manifests itself in the form of the sound possibly hallucinatory of the old man's heart still beating under the floorboards.
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BarkingMadRead
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Y‘all. The hubs just took me to an Edgar Allan Poe Speakeasy in Charlotte. It was epic. If it tours near you, I highly recommend!

AnnCrystal Epic! 1y
IndoorDame Nice!!!! 1y
TheBookgeekFrau Cool!!! 🤩🐦‍⬛ 1y
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CogsOfEncouragement
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Any other Netflix You fans? I‘ve read a few books mentioned in the first three seasons of the series. Today I read this short story mentioned in S4, E1 for the first time. It is just a few pages and I found it on Cloud Library.

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JuliaTheBookNerd
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#ItHadToBeYou 💖 #Hearts ♥️🫀♥️

#BookNerd 🤓💙📚

Cinfhen Pretty photo 😍 3y
ScientistSam And gorgeous book! 3y
Eggs Gorgeous 🤍🌹🤍 3y
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful photo 🤍 3y
ladym30 Stunning book!❤️ 3y
mamareading Can you tell me about this photo? Tell Tale Heart has significance to my kids and I and I would love to get my hands on this book! 2y
JuliaTheBookNerd @mamareading this is from a graphic novel by Gareth Hinds called Poe stories and poems. Poe: Stories and Poems: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Gareth Hinds https://a.co/d/92nfC54 2y
mamareading Thank you! I‘m ordering it now, thanks for sharing 😍 2y
JuliaTheBookNerd @mamareading I hope you are your kids enjoy it 😊 ❤️ 2y
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Kimberlone
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vivastory 🤣😂 Why on earth is there not a Poe emoji?! 3y
Kimberlone @vivastory totally! I would use it all the time 3y
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IamIamIam 😂😂😂👏👏👏👏 3y
BiblioLitten Whoa! There could be a whole book based on this! 😄 3y
Reggie Lololol 3y
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vonnie862
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Did some Edgar Aleen Poe reading.

Read 2 short stories:
•The Tell Tale Heart
•The Black Cat

3 Poems:
•O, Temporary! O, Mores!
•The Haunted Palace
•Spirits of the Dead

I enjoyed the first short story since it's a popular one. The second short story was good but a little violent (deals with animal abuse). The poems were fun to read, especially The Haunted Palace.
Overall, 4 ⭐
#BookSpinBingo #spookoween @TheAromaofBooks #11 #edgarallenpoe

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! 3y
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Twainy
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🎧📚 A classic! I read it and even listened to it twice!

I love this short story and so many things it has spawned!

My favorite is an audio on Sound Cloud (I think it‘s available to all for free) Vincent Price narrates it. I LOVE old B&W horror classics & he was one scary man!

What a duo!! Edgar Allen Poe & Vincent Price. This is an ancient story that holds up today!

I love Spooky-tober! 🖤 💀 👻

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Tachie93
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I‘ve been wanting to read this short story for so long and couldn‘t remember who wrote it until just recently ❤️

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KimberlyJuracich
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My favorite of all the Edgar Allen Poe stories.

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goatreader
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Im not a horror fun but edgar Allen Poe is a real genius

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InkedBookworm13
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Day 4 of #FebruaryFeels
A book with heart in the title : I chose the tell-tale heart. ♥️
@Eggs

Eggs And that was a clever choice!!! 👏🏻🤗📚👏🏻 5y
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Paperback.Propensity
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Happy Halloween! I'm curling up with the "master of the macabre." How about you?

Mandoul Sounds good, enjoy 😁 5y
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CoffeeNBooks
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Pickpick

It's the perfect time of year for a re-read of The Tell-Tale Heart from my Steampunk Poe book! 💀

LauraJ Super cool! 5y
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KristenDuck
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Creepy old Poe!!

This short story gets me every time. I love how the unidentified narrator tries to convince readers he is sane for killing an old man, then chops up his body and hides it under the floorboards!

When the police show up, he can still hear that heart beat? Can the police? Do they already know he did it?

Note: Personal picture of house renovations just a few short months ago!

GlassAsDiamonds (My first through was the Practical Magic death watch beetle scene ... 😂🤦🏻‍♀️😂🤦🏻‍♀️). 6y
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ju.ca.no
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The first time I‘ve read the Tell-Tale heart was back in highschool- and it still haunts me! Truely brilliant horror story! Can‘t wait to discover the other two stories in the book, hopefully they‘ll be as intriguing as the first one😍👻

batsy I loved it 🖤 Must revisit. 7y
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TheBookAddict
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Well, here‘s my attempt at the #HalloweenHaiku (5-7-5). My first time ever writing a haiku, so bare with me here. Thanks @Pruzy for the tag.

I just had had to post it under one of my favorite Poe short stories. I remember reading it when I was 12 and being creeped out by it.

I guess I will tag @KennethTolesJr @BooksForEmpathy @MrBook @BookishMarginalia and invite them to share a Halloween Haiku with us. 😁

The picture was a google search.

Pruzy Haha, sounds musical. Cough cough. 7y
TheBookAddict @Pruzy 😂 well, it‘s my current state. Book in hand and a box of tissue by my side. 7y
KennethTolesJr I‘ve only written one Haiku in my life. Lol should be interesting. Your Haiku is nice and you-like. 😘🤧 7y
TobeyTheScavengerMonk I enjoyed this! Thanks for participating! 7y
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Mystic.Archives.Of.Dantalian
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Pickpick

Creepy and fascinating...wonderfully evil and beautifully written...

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GypsyKat
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It's the perfect time of year to listen to dramatic horror readings. This one is read by Christopher Lee. He does my favorite Poe readings. ☠️

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_utA6j3Oc8

GondorGirl I love his Poe readings! So perfect for Halloween time! ❤ 7y
GypsyKat @GondorGirl I completely agree! ❤️🎃 7y
Captivatedbybooks If you visit his house in philly some of the tourguides take you to the room he supposedly wrote this in and they make a knock noise. I almost 💩 my pants the first time lol 🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️ 7y
GypsyKat @Captivatedbybooks Haha! That's awesome! 😆 7y
[DELETED] 3803335244 I love Poe! 7y
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erista
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RosyGreen Is it a good book? 7y
erista @RosyGreen The Tell-Tale Heart is a short story. I'm reading it from a collection of Poe's short stories. I enjoy them. 7y
britt_brooke Great choice! 7y
kricheal My favorite of Poe's 7y
kspenmoll Great great choice !!! 7y
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IamIamIam
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Had to run to the bus for the last full day of school, but here are my other goodies. I love that little demon #trollkin...looks like my son! And those #BOOKMARKS!! *swoon* @CareBear I'm both in awe and in your debt... all these gifts were #PERFECT! #summersantagoespostal #summersolsticebookexchange #horrorfanskickass #StephenKing #EdgarAllenPoe #Lovecraft @BookishMarginalia

BookishMarginalia Love those bookmarks! 8y
IamIamIam @BookishMarginalia They're gorgeous and super quality. Check out Brady Stoehr Art on Etsy. 😄 I looked him up immediately and I'll be purchasing soon enough!!! Lol 8y
CareBear I'm so glad you enjoyed everything, you were so much fun to shop for!! 8y
IamIamIam @CareBear And the best part was the bubble wrap because my daughter was occupied for at least an hour!!! 😂😂😂 8y
CareBear 🤣🤣🤣 8y
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DeborahSmall
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Thank you Rachael for such a wonderful thoughtful birthday present! You are such an amazing friend 😘 the birthday card gets a post of its own for its absolute awesomeness 📚❤️😘

ScorpioBookDreams Glad you liked everything! Xx 8y
LeahBergen Wow! This is gorgeous. @ScorpioBookDreams 8y
ScorpioBookDreams @LeahBergen I had such fun putting it together! 8y
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NicoleElizabeth
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This short story is one of my favourites, brings me back to elementary school were I first read it. Trying to convince me that your not crazy, that makes you a pretty #unreliable narrator to me. #maybookflowers