The Black cat and other stories

Author: Edgar Allan Poe.

(Review by Carlos Rojas)

In ‘The black cat and other stories’ we can find the best Edgar Allan Poe’s tales.In each tale,the atmosphere is a very important point to considerer.Gloomy countrysides,sick characters,darkness and things like that,are described by the author.

‘The black cat’,one of Poe’s most famous stories,is a narration about a man,which drinks a lot of alcohol.One night he killed his cat and some months later his dead cat came back to take revenge.

‘The oval portrait’ describe the story about a traveller that arrived at a mountain castle.This traveller found a book,which told him the portrait’s horrible secret.

‘Berenice’ is the story of a strange man’s proposal of marriage to his cousin and her terrible fate at his hand.He is a really mad man.

In ‘The mask of the red death’ another famous story of this author,a prince tried to escape of a horrible epidemic locking the doors of his castle.

There are also a film about this story,in which Vincent Price ( as prince Prospero ) is the main actor.Vincent Price interpreted several films based on Edgar Allan Poe’s tales like:’Pit and the pendulum’,’The raven’,’The Usher house’,etc.

If you like stories about death,horror,mystery,castles,evil,etc,’The black cat and other stories’ is a good book and is highly recommended.