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The Tell-Tale Heart

by Edgar Allan Poe

Cover of The Tell-Tale Heart
Hardcover
Pages 25 pages
Published 1843
Languages English, Italian, Spanish
ISBN 9780890612620

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Publisher's Summary

Having killed in a fit of passion, an unnamed narrator quickly hides the victim’s body only to be haunted by the victim’s relentless heartbeat. A pioneer of the short story genre, Poe’s stories typically captured themes of the macabre and included elements of the mysterious.…

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Weighted Score
4.10 out of 5.0
Bayesian Score Formula
(R × v + C × m) / (v + m)
R (Avg Rating): 4.14 ★
v (Ratings Count): 278
C (Catalog Average): 3.89 ★
m (Min Weight Threshold): 50
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Hardcover Avg: 4.14
True Ratings 278
Written Reviews 26
Shelved (Popularity) 607
Users Read 464
Rating Distribution
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