Beautiful Title
Tell-Tale Heart
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Release Date: Originally published on January 1843
SYNOPSIS (Amazon): “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 narrators’ guilt manifest itself in the form of the sound- possibly hallucinatory of the old man’s heart still beating under the floorboards.
BIOGRAPHY OF THE AUTHOR:
Edgar Allan Poe was a successful american author born on January 19, 1809, in Boston, Massachusetts. Thanks to his work he is considered one of the best-known authors in American literature.
He started his career writing mostly poems and short stories based on his creative ideas and imagination. He loved to make mystery texts that mix both fiction and true personal events. The first published book he made was Tamerlane and Other Poems in 1827 while joining the Army. Few years later Edgar wrote a series of poetry collections named Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems. He later continued with his personal life living in New York City, Baltimore, Philadelphia and Richmond. He also finally got married with her cousin.
After a few years, Poe continued with his writing but unfortunately his alcohol addiction make him departure from his passion and had some financial issues. In 1847 the author died from a "congestion of the brain”.
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I liked how the author started by "Observe how healthily-how calmly I can tell you the whole story" because it gives you a small introduction before telling the whole adventure which makes you have a higher comprehension of the novel.
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The repetitions Edgar wrote in the expressions of the main character like "It moved slowly-very, very slowly" or "cautiously-oh, so cautiously-cautiosly" makes you really visualize the personality of the killer.
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"He not even to dream of my secret deeds or thoughts". I think this phrase is so hilarious because he believes he`s such a professional in his actions and I love how the protagonist is so sure he is doing the right thing.
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The only reason why I did´t rate this short story 5 stars is because I think the ending could be a little bit more interesting. He was just about to get away with the murder until he had a panic attack and mentions "They heard!-they suspected!-they knew!-they were making a mockery of my horror!"