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'The Tell-Tale Heart' is a story of murder and madness, and it is considered to be a classic of American literature. The narrator denies having any feelings of hatred or resentment for the man who had, as stated, "never wronged" the narrator. The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe 1843 8th Grade Lexile: 830 Font Size Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American poet and author known for his tales of horror. The specific motivation for murder (aside from the narrator's hatred of the old man's eye), the relationship between narrator and old man, the gender of the narrator, and other details are left unclear. "The Tell-Tale Heart" is often considered a classic of the Gothic fiction genre and is one of Poe's best known short stories. The story was first published in James Russell Lowell's The Pioneer in January 1843. I, Drew and Scammell, Philadelphia, January, 1843
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