- gothic fiction, horror, short story, plagues
"The Masque of the Red Death" (originally published as "The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy") is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1842. The story follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague, known as the Red Death, by hiding in his abbey.
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- Author
- Edgar Allan Poe
- First published
- April 2004
- Pages
- 32
- Publisher
- "Dobra kkniz͡hka", HarperCollins Publishers, Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Editions
- 85
- Language
- French, Spanish, ukr, English
- ISBN
- 9781540639189
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Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective-fiction genre. He is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction.[1] He was the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career.[2] Source and more information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe
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