The Tell Tale Heart
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This reading edition contains 2,146 words in 1 original section. Read the text online with adjustable type and three colour themes, or keep a printable PDF.
Author: Edgar Allan Poe. Language: English. Reading edition: 28 October 2026.
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True!—nervous—very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses—not destroyed—not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell. How, then, am I mad? Hearken! and observe how healthily—how calmly I can tell you the whole story.
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