November 2, 2009
THE TELL-TALE HEART AND OTHER WRITINGS
Written by Edgar Allan Poe
“TRUE!—NERVOUS—very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am! But why will you say that I am mad?”
—Page 3, The Tell-Tale Heart
Fun Facts
- Poe is credited with bringing Gothic literature to America. His work fused death, nightmares, and ghosts, with the haunted landscapes of his American South.
- While Poe was already a well known author, having published many short stories, it was the publication of his novel, The Raven in 1845 that made him really famous.
- In addition to Gothic horror, Poe also wrote satires, humor tales, and hoaxes, as well as poems, which Poe said to be the passion of his life.
