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An edition of The Black Cat (1951)

The Black Cat

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  • ★★★★ 4.1 (14 ratings) ·
  • 62 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 22 Have read

See that man in the shadows? He loved his cat. He loved it to death. But that's not the end of the story. Listen to the wailing of the black cat.

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Publisher
Worthington Press, Worthington Pr
Language
English
Pages
34

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Subjects

fiction, horror fiction, cats, Children's fiction, short story, first-person narrative, unreliable narrators, self-hatred, gallows, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, horror

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Cover of: Le Chat noir
Le Chat noir
2009-09-21, Audiocite
Digital Audio in French
Cover of: 黒猫
黒猫
1999-02-04
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Cover of: The Black Cat
The Black Cat
1995, Worthington Press, Worthington Pr
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Edition Notes

"Complete and unabridged."

Published in
St. Petersburg, Fla
Series
One buck books
Copyright Date
1995

Classifications

Library of Congress
CPB Box no. 501 vol. 4

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
34 p. ;
Number of pages
34

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24505174M
Internet Archive
blackcat00poee
ISBN 10
0874067960
ISBN 13
9780874067965
LCCN
97814121
OCLC/WorldCat
34187920, 1028723463
Goodreads
58808884

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Work Description

"The Black Cat" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. It was first published in the August 19, 1843, edition of The Saturday Evening Post. In the story, an unnamed narrator has a strong affection for pets until he perversely turns to abusing them.


This story also contained in:
18 Best Stories
6 nouvelles fantastiques
Best Horror Stories
Best Known Works of Edgar Allan Poe
Best Short Stories
Best Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe
Campfire Chillers
Charles Keeping's Book of Classic Ghost Stories
Chat noir et autres contes fantastiques
Chat noir et autres nouvelles
Chat noir et autres nouvelles
Chat noir et autres nouvelles
Chat noir et autres récits fantastique
Closed on Account of Rabies
Complete Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Together with a selection from his stories
Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
Complete Tales & Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
Complete Tales and Poems
Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
Creepy Classics II
Cuentos clásicos del norte: Primera Serie
Edgar Allan Poe Reader
Edgar Allan Poe's Tales of Mystery and Madness
Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
Fall of the House of Usherand Four Other Tales
Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales
Fall of the House of Usher and other stories
Feline Felonies
Forty-Two Tales
Gato negro y otros cuentos
Ghostly
Ghostly Tales and Eerie Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
Great Tales of Terror
Harbrace Anthology of Short Fiction: Second Edition
Histoires mysterieuses
Historias estraordinarias
Illustrated Edgar Allan Poe
In the Shadow of the Master
Librivox Short Story Collection 074
Greatest Cat Stories Ever Told
Major Tales and Poems
Maske des roten Todes und andere Geschichten
Master's Choice: Volume II
Memoir-Tales
Murder for Halloween
Mysteries and Tales of Edgar Allan Poe
Mystery Cats
Mystery Tales
Mystery Tales of Edgar Allan Poe
Narraciones extraordinarias
Nouvelles Histoires Extraordinaires
Nouvelles Histoires Extraordinaires
Nouvelles histoires extraordinaires
Personal Poe Collection
Pit and the Pendulum and Other Stories
Poems and Tales of Edgar Allan Poe
Purr-Fect Crime
Racconti del terrore
Raven and Other Writings
Realm of fiction: 61 short stories
Saturday Evening Post Treasury
Selected Poetry and Prose of Edgar Allan Poe
Selected Stories and Poems
Selected Tales
Selected Tales
Selected tales of Edgar Allan Poe
Selected Writings of Edgar Allan Poe
Selected Writings of Edgar Allan Poe
Short Stories
Short Stories
Short Stories
Six Creepy Stories
Stories of Cats We Love
Tales
Tales
Tales
Tales
Tales: Horror and Death
Tales: Mystery and Occultism/Horror and Death
Tales: Volume II
Tales of Edgar Allan Poe
Tales of Edgar Allan Poe
Tales of Imagination
Tales of Mystery and Horror: Vol. I
Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Tales of Mystery and Terror
Tales of Suspense
Tales of Terror
Tales of Terror and Fantasy
Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings
Ten Great Mysteries
Terrors, Terrors, Terrors
Treasury of animal stories
Twelve Creepy Tales
Unbegreifliche Ereignisse und geheimnißvolle Thaten
Untergang des Hauses Usher
Wolf's Complete Book of Terror
Works
Works of Edgar Allan Poe
Works of Edgar Allan Poe
Works of Edgar Allan Poe: In Five Volumes: Volume Two
Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Vol. II
World Literature

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