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'''''The Black Cat''''' is a short story written by [[Edgar Allan Poe]] and published in 1943. It has a similar plot to [[The Tell-Tale Heart]] which was written just a few months earlier. It's about a man who loves animals, but, after becoming an alcoholic, begins hating them.
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| ImageDescription = The complete text.
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| Author          = {{BookAuthor|Edgar Allan Poe}}
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| PublishedYear    = 1843
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| Genre            = {{BookGenre|Horror}}
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'''''The Black Cat''''' is a short story written by [[Edgar Allan Poe]] and published in 1843. It has a plot similar to ''[[The Tell-Tale Heart]]'' which was written just a few months earlier. It's about a man who loves animals, but, after becoming an alcoholic, begins hating them, and even becomes sadistic toward them. This story is in the public domain.
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==Personal==
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{{BookStatus
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| Read    = Audiobook read by [[Basil Rathbone]].
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| Finished = 2017.
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I read this story as part of a Poe audiobook compilation in order to better acquaint myself with his work. I didn't care much for it.
  
 
==Review==
 
==Review==
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===Good===
 
===Good===
 
* Nothing.
 
* Nothing.
  
 
===Bad===
 
===Bad===
* I know that alcoholism tends to change a person's outlook on life, but I doubt that it would change an animal lover into one who enjoys killing them.
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* I know that alcoholism tends to change a person's outlook on life, but I doubt that it would change an animal lover into one who delights in killing them.
  
 
===Ugly===
 
===Ugly===
* I'm fine with a story having a moral, I don't like them ham-fisted. This story basically says, if you drink too much you will purposely murder anyone and anything you love, and delight in how well you'll be able to hide their corpses.
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* I'm fine with a story having a moral, but I don't like them to be ham-fisted. This story basically says, if you drink too much you will purposely murder anyone and anything you love, and pride yourself in how well you'll be able to hide their corpses.
  
 
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==Links==
 
==Links==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Cat_(short_story) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Cat_(short_story)] - Wikipedia.
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{{Link|Wikipedia|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Cat_(short_story)}}
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{{Link|GoodReads|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/391724.The_Black_Cat}}
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{{Link|TVTropes|https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/TheBlackCat}}
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{{Link|ProjectGutenberg|https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2148}}
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{{Link|LibriVox|https://librivox.org/horror-story-collection-005}}
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* [https://poestories.com/read/blackcat poestories.com/read/blackcat] - Complete text.
 
* [https://poestories.com/read/blackcat poestories.com/read/blackcat] - Complete text.
  
  
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Latest revision as of 15:53, 12 December 2023

The Black Cat

Edgar Allen Poe - Black Cat, The.png

The complete text.

Author Edgar Allan Poe
Published 1843-??-??
Type Fiction, Short story
Genre Horror
Themes Horror
Age Group Adult

The Black Cat is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe and published in 1843. It has a plot similar to The Tell-Tale Heart which was written just a few months earlier. It's about a man who loves animals, but, after becoming an alcoholic, begins hating them, and even becomes sadistic toward them. This story is in the public domain.

Personal

Own?No.
Read?Audiobook read by Basil Rathbone.
Finished2017.

I read this story as part of a Poe audiobook compilation in order to better acquaint myself with his work. I didn't care much for it.

Review

Overall:

Rating-1.svg

— This section contains spoilers! —

Good

  • Nothing.

Bad

  • I know that alcoholism tends to change a person's outlook on life, but I doubt that it would change an animal lover into one who delights in killing them.

Ugly

  • I'm fine with a story having a moral, but I don't like them to be ham-fisted. This story basically says, if you drink too much you will purposely murder anyone and anything you love, and pride yourself in how well you'll be able to hide their corpses.

Gallery

Links

Link-Wikipedia.png  Link-GoodReads.png  Link-TVTropes.png  Link-ProjectGutenberg.png  Link-LibriVox.png