Author:  Edgar Allan Poe
Online reading time: 45 minutes
Published:  1843
Original language:  English
Type:  Story , Novel
Literary Genre: Drama, Horror, Fiction, Mystic Romance , Psychological Romance

The Black Cat is one of Edgar Poe’s most famous short stories in the horror genre. It was first published on August 19, 1843. It is a horrifying story of human degradation and self-destruction told in the author’s trademark realistic style.