Title: The Black Cat
First published: August 1996
Description: "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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Subjects: fiction, horror fiction, cats, Children's fiction, short story, first-person narrative, unreliable narrators, self-hatred, gallows, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, horror, Fiction, thrillers, general, Miniature books, Specimens