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The complete, unabridged text of The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, with vocabulary words and definitions.
"The Tell-Tale Heart" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1843. It is told by an unnamed narrator who endeavors to convince the reader of the narrator's sanity while simultaneously describing a murder the narrator committed.
- Edgar Allan Poe
- 1843
A comprehensive guide to Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Tell-Tale Heart", about a murderer who hides the body and hears the sound of the old man's heart. Learn about the themes, quotes, characters, symbols, literary devices and more.
A classic Poe story about a murderer who kills an old man for his vulture-like eye and hides the body parts. The narrator confesses his crime to the policemen but they do not believe him and laugh at his insanity.
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The Tell-Tale Heart T RUE!—NERVOUS—VERY, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses—not destroyed—not dulled them.
The Tell-Tale Heart. iT’s TRue! yes, i have been ill, very ill. But why do you say that I have lost control of my mind, why do you say that I am mad? Can you not see that I have full control of my mind? Is it not clear that I am not mad? Indeed, the illness only made my mind, my feelings, my senses stronger, more powerful.
29 the tell-tale heart. BY EDGAR A. POE Art is long and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave.
