The Black Cat

by Edgar Allan Poe and Dave Williams

Book Overview

Edgar Allan Poe, the father of American horror fiction, first published his macabre short story "The Black Cat" in the August 19, 1843 edition of The Saturday Evening Post. The frightening tale of a murderer tormented by guilt over his terrible deeds is a classic. The narrator's admission that much of his bad behavior and deranged thinking is the result of demon alcohol is possibly autobiographical, as Poe himself struggled with alcoholism throughout...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1429096233
• ISBN13: 9781429096232
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: American Roots
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

it was the best story that we have ever read

The best part was when the man killed his wife and then he took out the eye of the cat.We like the ending because the cat took revenge. Good for the black cat!

The Black Cat is Pleasantly Eerie and Strangely Satisfying

An almost cryptic tale about an alcoholic who goes mad and attacks his cat, the start of several horrid events that happen in this short story. What makes this tale the more creepier; Poe himself was an alcoholic.

This is my favorite story by Edgar Allan Poe.

This book is about an alcoholic and what happens to his life after he gets hooked on "the drink." It's a very morbid and suspenseful story