the black cat

The Black Cat by Edger Allen Poe begins with an unidentified narrator that is to be executed for the brutal murder of his wife. As he awaits his own death, he finds it necessary to record the events which seduces him to murder. Both the narrator and his wife are animal lovers. Out of all their pets, Pluto, the black cat, is his favorite. Their friendship lasts for several years until the man's temperament begins …

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