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"The Black Cat" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. It was first published in the August 19, 1843, edition of The Saturday Evening Post. It is a study of the psychology of guilt. A murderer carefully conceals his crime and believes himself unassailable, but eventually breaks down and reveals himself, impelled by a nagging reminder of his guilt. The story is presented as a first-person narrative using an unreliable narrator. He is a condemned man at the outset of the story. The narrator tells us that from an early age he has loved animals. He and his wife have many pets, including a large black cat named Pluto. This cat is especially fond of the narrator and vice versa. Their mutual friendship lasts for several years, until the narrator becomes an alcoholic. One night, after coming home intoxicated, he believes the cat is avoiding him. When he tries to seize it, the panicked cat bites the narrator, and in a fit of rage, he seizes the animal, pulls a pen-knife from his pocket, and deliberately gouges out the cat's eye. From that moment onward, the cat flees in terror at his master's approach. At first, the narrator is remorseful and regrets his cruelty. "But this feeling soon gave place to irritation. And then came, as if to my final and irrevocable overthrow, the spirit of perverseness." He takes the cat out in the garden one morning and hangs it from a tree, where it dies. That very night, his house mysteriously catches fire, forcing the narrator, his wife and their servant to flee. The next day, the narrator returns to the ruins of his home to find, imprinted on the single wall that survived the fire, the figure of a gigantic cat, hanging by its neck from a rope.

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"The Black Cat" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. It was first published in the August 19, 1843, edition of The Saturday Evening Post. It is a study of the psychology of guilt, often paired in analysis with Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart". In both, a murderer carefully conceals his crime and believes himself unassailable, but eventually breaks down and reveals himself, impelled by a nagging reminder of his guilt.

How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Formatted for e-reader Illustrated About The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe "The Black Cat" is a story by Edgar Allan Poe. It is a study of the psychology of guilt, often paired in analysis with Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart". In both, a murderer carefully conceals his crime and believes himself unassailable, but eventually breaks down and reveals himself, impelled by a nagging reminder of his guilt.

Why buy our paperbacks? Expedited shipping High Quality Paper Made in USA Standard Font size of 10 for all books 30 Days Money Back Guarantee BEWARE of Low-quality sellers Don't buy cheap paperbacks just to save a few dollars. Most of them use low-quality papers & binding. Their pages fall off easily. Some of them even use very small font size of 6 or less to increase their profit margin. It makes their books completely unreadable. How is this book unique? Unabridged (100% Original content) Font adjustments & biography included Illustrated The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe "The Black Cat" is a story by Edgar Allan Poe. It is a study of the psychology of guilt, often paired in analysis with Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart". In both, a murderer carefully conceals his crime and believes himself unassailable, but eventually breaks down and reveals himself, impelled by a nagging reminder of his guilt.

For the most wild, yet most homely narrative which I am about to pen, I neither expect nor solicit belief. Mad indeed would I be to expect it, in a case where my very senses reject their own evidence. Yet, mad am I not—and very surely do I not dream. But tomorrow I die, and to-day I would unburden my soul. Le personnage principal de l'histoire, est, depuis son enfance, « fou » des animaux. Il possède un chat noir nommé Pluton, auquel il est particulièrement attaché. Or, le narrateur devient alcoolique et violent avec ses animaux et sa femme, mais une considération suffisante l’empêche de battre Pluton. Une nuit, alors qu’il rentre chez lui, ivre, il s’empare de son chat, et avec son canif lui sort l’œil de l’orbite. À partir de ce moment-là, le chat se met à le fuir avec terreur. Un autre matin, le narrateur saisit le chat et le pend à la branche d'un arbre où il le laisse mourir. Pendant la nuit, la maison prend feu mystérieusement, obligeant le narrateur à s'enfuir avec sa femme et le serviteur. Le lendemain, le narrateur retourne visiter les ruines de sa maison, où il découvre, sur le seul mur qui a échappé à l'incendie, la forme d'un chat gigantesque, attaché au cou à une corde. Cette image le terrifie. Quelque temps plus tard, il trouve un chat similaire dans une taverne. Il a la même taille et la même couleur que l'original et il lui manque aussi un œil. La seule différence est une tache blanche sur la poitrine de l'animal. Le narrateur le prend chez lui, mais se met bientôt à le détester, et même à éprouver de la peur à son égard. Ce chat ne lui apporte, dans sa vie que de l'angoisse. Un jour où le narrateur et sa femme visitent la cave de leur nouvelle maison, le narrateur se prend les pieds dans le chat et tombe au bas de l'escalier. Pris de fureur, l'homme saisit une hache et tente de tuer le chat, mais sa femme l'en empêche. Dans sa colère, il tue sa femme en lui transperçant le crâne avec la hache. Pour dissimuler son crime, il enlève des briques d’un mur, place le corps derrière et rebouche le trou. La police alertée par les voisins vient visiter la cave, mais elle ne trouve pas de cadavre. La police est sur le point de partir quand le narrateur se met à parler du mur en vantant sa solidité puis comme pour prouver ses dires il le tape avec sa canne. Tout à coup un bruit se fait entendre (comme des gémissements), la police alertée par ces bruits arrache les briques pour découvrir d'où ils viennent. Et c'est alors qu'ils découvrent le cadavre. Sur sa tête se trouve le chat, que le meurtrier avait emmuré avec sa maîtresse en refermant le trou. Horrifié, il explique : « j'avais muré le monstre dans la tombe ! »

How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Illustrated About The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe "The Black Cat" is a story by Edgar Allan Poe. It is a study of the psychology of guilt, often paired in analysis with Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart". In both, a murderer carefully conceals his crime and believes himself unassailable, but eventually breaks down and reveals himself, impelled by a nagging reminder of his guilt.

The Black Cat" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. It was first published in the August 19, 1843, edition of The Saturday Evening Post. It is a study of the psychology of guilt, often paired in analysis with Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart". In both, a murderer carefully conceals his crime and believes himself unassailable, but eventually breaks down and reveals himself, impelled by a nagging reminder of his guilt.

"The Black Cat" is one of Edgar Allan Poe's most memorable stories. The tale centers around a black cat and the subsequent deterioration of a man. The story is often linked with "The Tell-Tale Heart" because of the profound psychological elements these two works share.Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Black Cat," first published in the August 19, 1843, issue of the Saturday Evening Post, is a chilling story written through the eyes of a man awaiting death for the murder of his wife. For over 170 years the narrator of this story has captivated critics and readers with his allusions to ethos, pathos, and logos--as he says that he places "before the world, plainly, succinctly, and without comment" an unsettling account of the events surrounding the murder of his wife and his abuse of the family pets.The narrator declares that he will state his case candidly, all the while creating nothing more than a pretense of frankness and objectivity. He titillates readers with details about the horrendous murder of his wife and his first cat--if, in fact, any cats were actually killed in the making of this story. He also may leave readers wondering about his purpose for writing. The story cannot save him from the noose. He has no progeny and mentions no living relatives who might care about his guilt or innocence, so the story serves little purpose for the writer, leaving readers to wonder who might be the intended audience and what might be the story's point.Readers return to this story, perhaps, because of the narrator's ability to lure audiences into believing large parts of the tale. when the narrator confesses his guilt in the opening and offers incriminating information, readers may at first think the narrator offers a confidential and unique version of his predicament. However, when the narrator later blames the cat for everything that has gone wrong or when he begins to contradict himself, readers will question narrator reliability. It is true that readers often encounter unreliable narrators in literature, but the dissembling in this story actually points to an important aspect of Poe's work as the numerous inconsistencies and deceptions direct readers away from the story and toward an assessment of the narrator and his behavior.