The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe - Full Audiobook | Spooky Bedtime Stories

A full unabridged audiobook of the classic gothic story, "The Black Cat", by Edgar Allan Poe - complete with sounds and visuals.
"The Black Cat" was first published in the August 19th 1843 edition of The Saturday Evening Post. In the story, an unnamed narrator has a strong affection for pets until he perversely turns to abusing them. His favourite, a pet black cat, bites him one night and the narrator punishes it by cutting its eye out and then hanging it from a tree.
The story is a study of the psychology of guilt, often paired in analysis with Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" and is Poe's strongest warning against the dangers of alcoholism.
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[@AllGamingStarred]

This story chilled me to the bone. I think the cat was an omen of death, a spirit. That's what I love about poe, open to interpretation 😊

[@neurdogic8909]

excellent recording! skimming through the story again as i write an essay. i think its compelling to see the cat as a symbolic metaphor for his wife

[@sage1682]

Funny how most people think all of his writing is best read with an English accent when Poe was a Boston boy😂

[@classicaudiobookswithelliot]

You’re absolutely right! Hope you enjoyed this one, though

[@sage1682]

@@classicaudiobookswithelliot Loved it!

[@jamesb1856]

I think it's more the way he spoke and wrote that lends itself that way. I'd really be interested to hear his actual voice. I imagine Vincent Priceish, but not quite, and his readings are not my favorite

[@lacampanacity9671]

It is because he used a British English, I noticed that when I read the mask of the red death.

[@jaredduncan1479]

Who would want to hear a Boston accent? 😜

[@chrisellingsen9677]

Poe was brilliant in his darkness.

[@classicaudiobookswithelliot]

He certainly was. Thanks for listening!

[@theculturedbumpkin]

I have just found your channel and I love it! Your narrations and artwork are wonderful !

[@classicaudiobookswithelliot]

Thank you very much for the kind words. Love making all the artworks that accompany these books. So glad you enjoy them too!

[@nikkianderson5076]

Thank you for sharing these with us.

[@classicaudiobookswithelliot]

Thank you for listening, Nikki. Hope you’re enjoying the stories 😊

[@joblo2671]

I haven't listened to this yet..but I will soon. I was a huge fan of reading poe 30 yrs ago as a kid. I remember this story as being one of the scariest...for me, anyway. Maybe I'm remembering it wrong but isn't this a lot like "Pet Semetary" by Stephen King?

[@classicaudiobookswithelliot]

I’ve never read Pet Semetary actually! But this is certainly a creepy idea for a story. Well worth listening to (in my humble opinion!).

[@joblo2671]

@@classicaudiobookswithelliot nope...I was wrong. This is WAY darker than pet Semetary. 😂😂

[@deborahmeyers551]

Thank you I really enjoy your narrations and this beautiful story

[@classicaudiobookswithelliot]

Thank you so much for listening Deborah! 📚

[@laehehteb1515]

amazing! thank you for this!

[@Valerie-oc3kw]

Thank you 😊👍

[@classicaudiobookswithelliot]

Thank you Valerie! Glad you enjoyed this weird tale 👻

[@napoleonmrvd]

Great work!!!

[@classicaudiobookswithelliot]

Thanks for listening Napoleon!

[@thatoneakutagawakinnie0_0]

Am I the only one who found out about this book because of Bungo stray dogs Like i loved tall tell hearts and the raven ect but never found this one until bsd

[@classicaudiobookswithelliot]

Thanks for listening. Hope you enjoyed!

[@sebastiancastro7039]

That was awesome!!

[@WonderAndWhimsy-podcast]

Poe is phenomenal

[@ashdog9235]

Gods I love how he writes

[@ashdog9235]

Recognizing alcoholism as a disease in 1843 seems wild to me

[@ashdog9235]

8:54

[@ThistleBurns]

I listened to the short version in English today

[@VoltaireVI]

Alcohol! :(

[@Patricia-tr9zm]

Slow it down to about .8 for comprehension and dramatic effect 😊

[@classicaudiobookswithelliot]

Thanks for listening

[@jamesstevenson7725]

Poe was a real.nut case.

[@aluvsultraviolence]

i didnt understand a thing.

[@aluvsultraviolence]

well i did but he talks too much its frustrating

[@fuckurgrillcheese]

@@aluvsultraviolencetf you expect? it’s a book from the 1800’s

[@boukariamira-pr3kz]

❤❤

[@donaldbeyer1631]

💯👍

[@KatBalou-g9d]

🙀 MEOW

[@stankyb1]

Poe>Lovecraft

[@classicaudiobookswithelliot]

Thanks for listening. Some Lovecraft available on the channel too 😉

[@bubzy3591]

On mamas this be funk on sight