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The Black Cat

by Edgar Allan Poe

Guilt at the heart of a Poe story

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AlbakiReads Editorial

Guilt at the heart of a Poe story

Edgar Allan Poe’s short story centers on a murderer who hides his crime and believes he has escaped consequence. Its focus on concealment and eventual self-exposure makes guilt the organizing concern, linking the story’s crime narrative to psychological horror. First published in 1843, “The Black Cat” offers a compact entry point into Poe’s treatment of the mind under the pressure of wrongdoing.

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  • Readers interested in classic short fiction and Edgar Allan Poe
  • Readers exploring psychological guilt in horror stories

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GuiltCrime and concealmentPsychological horror

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Book overview

"The Black Cat" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in the August 19, 1843, edition of The Saturday Evening Post. Through this short story, we explore the psychology of guilt. A murderer meticulously conceals his crime and believes himself indestructible, but eventually breaks down and reveals himself, due to the guilt he feels.
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