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"The Masque of the Red Death" (originally published as "The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy") is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1842. 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.
The story was first published in May 1842 in Graham's Magazine and has since been adapted in many different forms, including a 1964 film starring Vincent Price. Poe's short story has also been alluded to by other works in many types of media.
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gothic fiction, horror, short story, plagues, abbeys, nobility, Hematidrosis, masquerade balls, shrouds, daggers, American horror tales, Fiction, Juvenile audience, Horror tales, Horror stories, Horror fiction, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, horror, Children's fiction, Reading comprehension, Compréhension de la lecturePeople
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The Masque of the Red Death
Mar 23, 2017, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
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The Masque of the Red Death - Generations Radio Theater Presents (NPR)
February 1998, DH Audio
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0886468949 9780886468941
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Masque of the Red Death
June 1982, NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company
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0890612714 9780890612712
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- The Masque of the Red Death - Wikipedia
- The Masque of the Red Death - The Poe Museum
- sparknotes.com/lit/poestories/section10/
- loa.org/news-and-views/1745-edgar-allan-poe-the-masque-of-the-red-death
- The Masque of the Red Death | Literawiki
- The Masque of the Red Death | short story by Poe | Britannica
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu5GVJ6z3uk&ab_channel=VOALearningEnglish
- eapoe.org/works/info/pt038
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