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The Tell-Tale Heart

By: Edgar Allan Poe
Narrated by: Dermot Kerrigan
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About this listen

This is a story from the "Great Ghost Stories" collection.

A spine-tingling collection of classic ghost stories - a perfect way to pass those long winter nights! This set contains "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe, "The Horla" by Guy de Maupassant, "Sredni Vashtar" by Saki, "The Mark of the Beast" by Rudyard Kipling, "Lost Hearts" by M.R. James and "The Furnished Room" by O. Henry.

Public Domain (P)2008 Naxos AudioBooks Anthologies Anthologies & Short Stories Classics Horror Short Stories Suspense Thriller & Suspense Scary Haunted Ghost Fiction Paranormal

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Editor reviews

Narrator Dermot Kerrigan's masterful performance will have listeners drawn into Edgar Allan Poe's gothic tale from the start. Kerrigan so fully immerses himself in the voice of the narrator that it is almost difficult to believe that he isn't the protagonist himself, whose conviction in his own sanity and rationality provides a greater horror than the murder he commits. After his heinous crime, the narrator is haunted by the sound of his victim's heartbeat, and his madness intensifies until it erupts into violent passions and emotions. Kerrigan's accomplished depiction of this final descent avoids excessive melodrama and will leave listeners stunned.
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it is very good. performance perfect. nine more words remaining in this little book review

perfect performance

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..my heart was racing and i was frightened reading this story...will definitely be reading more Poe

very cleverly written...

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