The Masque of The Red Death

Name: The Masque of The Red Death
Brand: Findaway Voices
Availability: InStock
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
ISBN: 9798882467226

Author: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrator: Bryan Matthews

Unabridged: 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Robert Larson

Published: 06/21/2024

Categories: Fiction, Short Stories

Synopsis

As a deadly plague, the "Red Death", ravages the land, Prince Prospero seeks refuge in his luxurious abbey, sealing himself off with a thousand nobles for a decadent masquerade ball. The festivities unfold across seven vibrantly colored chambers, each decorated with a different color.

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."

Reviews

Goodreads review by Federico on August 02, 2025

This house is clean. Prince Prospero and many of the high nobility are having a masquerade ball in a secluded abbey, enclosed, and safe from the Red Plague ravaging the world outdoors, or are they? Not a favorite of mine but it’s good I think; short, quick and right to the horrific point. Hardly a......more

Goodreads review by Glenn on May 08, 2017

I’ve always sensed a strong connection to Poe’s The Masque of the Red Death, perhaps because I've both played and listen to loads of medieval music, perhaps because I enjoy the art and history and philosophy of that period, or, perhaps because I’ve always been drawn to literature dealing with issues......more

Goodreads review by Michael on February 13, 2018

Fascinating and lurid allegory about a group of people who, on the invitation of "Prince Prospero," lock themselves within a "castellated abbey" to escape the Red Death. The inhabitants of the abbey are provided "all the appliances of pleasure," and boy do they know how to party: "there were buffoon......more

Goodreads review by Ruby on January 07, 2021

This is one of my favourite short stories by Edgar Allan Poe. That final spectral image is haunting, and it also raises the ever-important question of the wealth divide.......more

Goodreads review by Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽ on September 30, 2019

I don't know how I overlooked "The Masque of the Red Death" when I was going through my Poe phase a while back, but someone's review reminded me of it (Thanks, random Goodreads friend!). So I found a copy of it online here and gave it another read to refresh my memory. This story is both less and m......more