The Black Cat
short story by Edgar Allan Poe
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Summary
The Black Cat is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,863 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Author: Edgar Allan Poe[3]
- Publisher: The Saturday Evening Post[4]
- Genre: horror fiction[5]
- Named after: black cat[6]
- Place of publication: Philadelphia[7]
- Commons category: The Black Cat (short story)[8]
- Language of work or name: English[9]
- Country of origin: New York City[10]
- Publication date: 1843[11], August 19, 1822[12]
- Has edition or translation: Q51627425[13], The Black Cat[14], Q19436971[15], Q92653270[16], Q117280210[17], Q117281260[18], Q131036788[19]
- Published in: The Saturday Evening Post[20], The Second Pan Book of Horror Stories[21], Terrors, Terrors, Terrors[22], A Century of Creepy Stories[23]
- Title: The Black Cat[24], Црна мачка[25]
- Different from: Schwarzer Kater[26]
- First line: For the most wild, yet most homely narrative which I am about to pen, I neither expect nor solicit belief.[27]
- Last line: I had walled the monster up within the tomb![28]
- Derivative work: Maniac[29]
- Copyright status: public domain[30]
- Form of creative work: short story[31]
Why It Matters
The Black Cat has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]