Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Findaway Voices, 2023
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Made available through hoopla
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (1 audio file (19 min.)) : digital
ISBN/ISSN
9798868689871 MWT16512963, 16512963
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Read by Philip Chenevert
The story follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague, known as the Red Death, by hiding in his abbey. He, along with many other wealthy nobles, hosts a masquerade ball in seven rooms of the abbey, each decorated with a different color. In the midst of their revelry, a mysterious figure disguised as a Red Death victim enters and makes his way through each of the rooms. Prospero dies after confronting this stranger, whose "costume" proves to contain nothing tangible inside it; the guests also die in turn. A creepy story indeed and considered one of Poe's best
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