About this book
"The Black Cat" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. It was first published in the August 19, 1843, edition of The Saturday Evening Post. In the story, an unnamed narrator has a strong affection for pets until he perversely turns to abusing them.
- fiction
- horror fiction
- cats
- Children's fiction
- short story
- first-person narrative
- unreliable narrators
- self-hatred
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