LEADER 02462nam 22004813 450 001 9910160664203321 005 20250827080354.0 010 $a3-95676-107-3 035 $a(CKB)3710000001026460 035 $a(BIP)051875386 035 $a(VLeBooks)9783956761072 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC32201310 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL32201310 035 $a(Exl-AI)993710000001026460 035 $a(OCoLC)1534806718 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001026460 100 $a20250827d2020 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Black Cat 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aMunchen :$cLiese, Andreas. OUTSIDE THE BOX,$d2020. 210 4$dİ2020. 215 $a1 online resource (12 p.) 225 1 $aClassics to Go Series 330 8 $aThe story is told in the first person. He is a condemned man at the outset of the story. The narrator tells us that from an early age he has loved animals. He and his wife have many pets, including a large black cat named Pluto. This cat is especially fond of the narrator and vice versa. Their mutual friendship lasts for several years, until the narrator becomes an alcoholic. One night, after coming home intoxicated, he believes the cat is avoiding him. When he tries to seize it, the panicked cat bites the narrator, and in a fit of rage, he seizes the animal, pulls a pen-knife from his pocket, and deliberately gouges out the cat's eye. From that moment onward, the cat flees in terror at his master's approach. At first, the narrator is remorseful and regrets his cruelty. "But this feeling soon gave place to irritation. And then came, as if to my final and irrevocable overthrow, the spirit of perverseness." He takes the cat out in the garden one morning and hangs it from a tree, where it dies. That very night, his house mysteriously catches fire, forcing the narrator, his wife and their servant to flee...(Excerpt from Wikipedia) 410 0$aClassics to Go Series 606 $aPsychological fiction$7Generated by AI 606 $aGuilt in literature$7Generated by AI 615 0$aPsychological fiction 615 0$aGuilt in literature 676 $a428/.6/461 700 $aPoe$b Edgar Allan$07382 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910160664203321 996 $aThe Black Cat$94423948 997 $aUNINA