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The Tell-Tale Heart
Cover art Harry Clarke, plate for "The Tell-Tale Heart" in Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1919)
Edgar Allan Poe
Written by Edgar Allan Poe 18 audiobooks with Academy Voices
Edgar Allan Poe was an American poet, critic and short-story writer. More about Edgar Allan Poe →
Read by a real person Christopher Mireider 22 audiobooks with Academy Voices
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Horror - Gothic

The Tell-Tale Heart

by Edgar Allan Poe · read by Christopher Mireider · 19 min

The narrator insists he is not mad. He loved the old man he lived with, he says, but the old man's pale, vulture-like eye was more than he could bear.

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The narrator insists he is not mad. He loved the old man he lived with, he says, but the old man's pale, vulture-like eye was more than he could bear. Night after night he creeps into the old man's room. Then he hears a sound that will not stop. Edgar Allan Poe's 1843 tale of guilt and madness, read by Christopher Mireider. Nineteen minutes. Short, intense and best heard alone, it is a favorite of horror readers everywhere.

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Details
Length
19 min
Narration
Solo narrator
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Released
September 2024
Publisher
Academy Voices
Language
English
ISBN
9798875197499
Cover art
Harry Clarke, plate for "The Tell-Tale Heart" in Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1919)
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Who narrates The Tell-Tale Heart audiobook?

This edition of The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe is narrated by Christopher Mireider.

How long is The Tell-Tale Heart audiobook?

It runs 19 min, unabridged, so you hear the complete text.

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