THE BLACK CAT

 Author: Edgar Allan Poe

 Genre: Stories / Fiction and Literature
 Year of publication: 1843
 Language: Spanish / Original Language: English

Summary:
Of the countless stories that Poe published throughout his eventful life, 'Mesetas
Ediciones' has chosen in this careful selection some of his most memorable stories:
The Black Cat, William Wilson, Ligeia, Hop-Frog, Mesmeric Revelation, The Sphinx
and The Murders in Rue Morgue, a classic and memorable story, the pinnacle of the
detective story that begins the series dedicated by the ingenious storyteller to his most
analytical creation: Auguste Dupin, a character who in turn, without a doubt, constitutes
the main model for Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes.
The Black Cat, in particular, is a first-person account of the protagonist, a young
newlywed who shares his love for animals with his wife. As a result, they have several
pets at home, although their favorite is a black cat they call Pluto.
Progressively the protagonist's temperament changes due to alcoholism, making him
irascible and with unusual outbursts of
fury which drags him to unscrupulous
mistreatment of his wife and pets.
It is a horror story, critics consider it one
of the most terrifying in the history of
literature.

About the author:

Edgar Allan Poe is recognized as one of
the universal masters of the short story
and the psychological horror story. His
stories stand out for their literary beauty
and for combining the sinister and
macabre with humor, terror, horror and
poetry.
 THE BLACK CAT
 Author: Edgar Allan Poe
 Genre: Stories / Fiction and Literature
 Year of publication: 1843
 Language: Spanish / Original Language: English

Summary:
Of the countless stories that Poe published throughout his eventful life, 'Mesetas
Ediciones' has chosen in this careful selection some of his most memorable stories:
The Black Cat, William Wilson, Ligeia, Hop-Frog, Mesmeric Revelation, The Sphinx
and The Murders in Rue Morgue, a classic and memorable story, the pinnacle of the
detective story that begins the series dedicated by the ingenious storyteller to his most
analytical creation: Auguste Dupin, a character who in turn, without a doubt, constitutes
the main model for Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes.
The Black Cat, in particular, is a first-person account of the protagonist, a young
newlywed who shares his love for animals with his wife. As a result, they have several
pets at home, although their favorite is a black cat they call Pluto.
Progressively the protagonist's temperament changes due to alcoholism, making him
irascible and with unusual outbursts of fury which drags him to unscrupulous
mistreatment of his wife and pets.
It is a horror story, critics consider it one of the most terrifying in the history of literature.

About the author:

Edgar Allan Poe is recognized as one of the universal masters of the short story and
the psychological horror story. His stories stand out for their literary beauty and for
combining the sinister and macabre with humor, terror, horror and poetry.
 THE BLACK CAT
 Author: Edgar Allan Poe
 Genre: Stories / Fiction and Literature
 Year of publication: 1843
 Language: Spanish / Original Language: English

Summary:
Of the countless stories that Poe published throughout his eventful life, 'Mesetas
Ediciones' has chosen in this careful selection some of his most memorable stories:
The Black Cat, William Wilson, Ligeia, Hop-Frog, Mesmeric Revelation, The Sphinx
and The Murders in Rue Morgue, a classic and memorable story, the pinnacle of the
detective story that begins the series dedicated by the ingenious storyteller to his most
analytical creation: Auguste Dupin, a character who in turn, without a doubt, constitutes
the main model for Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes.
The Black Cat, in particular, is a first-person account of the protagonist, a young
newlywed who shares his love for animals with his wife. As a result, they have several
pets at home, although their favorite is a black cat they call Pluto.
Progressively the protagonist's temperament changes due to alcoholism, making him
irascible and with unusual outbursts of fury which drags him to unscrupulous
mistreatment of his wife and pets.
It is a horror story, critics consider it one of the
most terrifying in the history of literature.

About the author:

Edgar Allan Poe is recognized as one of the
universal masters of the short story and the
psychological horror story. His stories stand
out for their literary beauty and for combining
the sinister and macabre with humor, terror,
horror and poetry.
 THE BLACK CAT
 Author: Edgar Allan Poe
 Genre: Stories / Fiction and Literature
 Year of publication: 1843
 Language: Spanish / Original Language: English

Summary:
Of the countless stories that Poe published
throughout his eventful life, 'Mesetas
Ediciones' has chosen in this careful selection
some of his most memorable stories: The
Black Cat, William Wilson, Ligeia, Hop-Frog,
Mesmeric Revelation, The Sphinx and The
Murders in Rue Morgue, a classic and
memorable story, the pinnacle of the detective
story that begins the series dedicated by the
ingenious storyteller to his most analytical
creation: Auguste Dupin, a character who in
turn, without a doubt, constitutes the main
model for Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock
Holmes.
The Black Cat, in particular, is a first-person
account of the protagonist, a young newlywed
who shares his love for animals with his wife.
As a result, they have several pets at home,
although their favorite is a black cat they call Pluto.
Progressively the protagonist's temperament changes due to alcoholism, making him
irascible and with unusual outbursts of fury which drags him to unscrupulous
mistreatment of his wife and pets.
It is a horror story, critics consider it one of the most terrifying in the history of literature.

About the author:

Edgar Allan Poe is recognized as one of the universal masters of the short story and
the psychological horror story. His stories stand out for their literary beauty and for
combining the sinister and macabre with humor, terror, horror and poetry.