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The Tell-Tale Heart

By: Edgar Allan Poe
Narrated by: George Pearson
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The blue, veiled eye of an old man is an object that drives the main character to madness. Every time he sees it, aggression and a desire to murder arise within him. He decides to commit a crime.

He carefully plans it, and for a week, every night, he peeks into the adjacent room where the old man lives and observes him silently so as not to wake him up - he keeps repeating that he cannot be considered a madman because in his opinion, no madman would plan a murder with such precision. One night, however, the older man awakens during the visit of the nocturnal guest...

Public Domain (P)2023 Gates of Imagination Classics Fiction Gothic Literary Fiction Short Stories Scary

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