Black Cat

A tenderhearted man with a life-long love of animals begins to neglect, and even misuse, the domestic pets his wife has collected for his pleasure. Eventually, even his favourite, a large and beautiful black cat named Pluto is not immune to his master's maltreatment.A pioneer of the short story genre, Edgar Allan Poe's stories typically captured themes of the macabre and included elements of the mysterious. His better-known stories include "e;The Fall of the House of Usher"e;, "e;The Pit and the Pendulum"e;, "e;The Murders in the Rue Morgue"e;, "e;The Masque of the Red Death"e; and "e;The Tell-Tale Heart"e;.HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.