The Tell-Tale Heart is probably the most famous short story written by the American writer Edgar Alan Poe (1809-1849). It tells the story of the cold-blooded murder of an old man who is not identified by name. The murderer also has no name, and it is he who tells the story. The story neither tells us who the old man is nor how he is related to the murderer. We know from the story that both lived in the same house and were friendly to each other. The old man could have been his father, landlord, ...

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