Edgar Allan Poe The Telltale Heart, Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe The Telltale Heart, Edgar Allan Poe
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Edgar Allan Poe: The Telltale Heart
A creepy story of murder and madness

Author: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrator: David Lawrence

Unabridged: 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/08/2024

Categories: Fiction, Horror

Synopsis

This creepy story is considered by many to be the most grisly and terrifying of all of Poe's writings. It is told by an unnamed narrator who endeavors to convince the reader of the narrator's sanity while simultaneously describing a murder the narrator committed. The victim was an old man with a filmy pale blue "vulture-eye", as the narrator calls it. The narrator emphasizes the careful calculation of the murder, attempting the perfect crime, complete with dismembering the body in the bathtub and hiding it under the floorboards. Ultimately, the narrator's actions result in hearing a thumping sound, which the narrator interprets as the dead man's beating heart.

About Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American poet, short story writer, editor, and literary critic who is credited with inventing the detective fiction genre and with contributing to the emerging science fiction genre. He began his literary career with the anonymous publication of a collection of his poems entitled Tamerlane and Other Poems. He then turned to writing prose and spent the next several years working for literary journals and periodicals, becoming well known for his particular style of literary criticism. He served for a time on the staff of the New York Mirror, in which his poem "The Raven" was published. Poe's other well-known works include his stories "The Purloined Letter," "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," and "The Mystery of Marie Roget."

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