The Black Cat
First published 1914
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“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.
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Catalogue record
Independently Published
- Publisher
- Independently Published
- ISBN
- 978-0-585-20643-1
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- Publisher
- Independently Published
- ISBNs
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- 978-0-585-20643-1
- 978-1-0791-8979-7
- 978-1-0704-0125-6
- 978-1-7292-5076-1
- 978-0-88682-001-5
- 978-1-7292-5079-2
- 979-8-6548-6560-1
- 978-1-5406-3627-0
- 978-1-0783-8387-5
- Author
- Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809–1849
- Statement
- The Black Cat / Edgar Allan Poe.
- Records
- Open Library
- 1910s
- Horror fiction
- Cats
- Children's fiction
- Short story
- First-person narrative
- Unreliable narrators
- Self-hatred
- Gallows
- American fiction (fictional works by one author)
- Miniature books