num_pages: 31
description: A man confronts himself and an unknown listener with his desire to murder an old man.In this classic psychological thriller, the reader will find many more questions than answers. Even though this is one of Poe's shortest stories, nevertheless it has become one of his most highest regarded works. It is a profound and, at times, ambiguous investigation of the paranoia that may lie within the depths of one man's mind...
language: English
title: The Tell-Tale Heart
titlecomplete: The Tell-Tale Heart
characters: Three police officers, The narrator (The Tell-Tale Heart), The neighbour (The Tell-Tale Heart), The old man (The Tell-Tale Heart), The perpetrator (The Tell-Tale Heart)
genres: Fiction, Gothic, Short Stories, Mystery, Poetry, Horror, School, Literature, Read For School, Classics
ratings_count: 90378
publisher: Creative Education