The Tell-Tale Heart
A narrator defends his sanity while recounting the murder of an old man and the sound that betrays him.
About this work
- Author
- Edgar Allan Poe
- Original language
- English
- Rights
- Public domain since 1919
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El corazón delator
- Language
- Spanish
- Translation
- Translated with artificial intelligence
- Source
- Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart, Broadway Journal (New York), vol. II, no. 7, 23 August 1845, pp. 97-99; historical transcription EAPoe Text-03b, updated 2021-11-09, archived 2026-10-31.
- Reading time
- 10 min
The Tell-Tale Heart
- Language
- English
- Reading time
- 11 min
More about Edgar Allan Poe
A writer of tales and poetry, associated with mystery literature and the beginnings of detective fiction.