The Premature Burial
About this book
"The Premature Burial" is a horror short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, published in 1844 in The Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper. Its main character expresses concern about being buried alive. This fear was common in this period and Poe was taking advantage of the public interest. ---------- This story also contained in: Best Horror Stories Comedies and Satires Complete Tales & Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Complete Tales and Poems Derniers Contes Edgar Allan Poe's Erzählungen El gato negro y otros cuentos Forgotten Tales Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Historias estraordinarias Miscellaneous Tales Mysteries and Tales of Edgar Allan Poe Mystery Tales of Edgar Allan Poe Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket and Related Tales Ne pariez jamais votre tête au diable Pit and the Pendulum and Other Stories Poe Reader Racconti del terrore Selected tales of Edgar Allan Poe Tales--Mystery and Occultism/Horror and Death Tales-Horror and Death Tales: Volume III Tales: Volume II Tales of Mystery, Imagination, & Humour, and Poems Tales of Mystery and Horror: Vol. III Tales of Mystery and Imagination Tales of Mystery and Imagination Tales of Suspense Tales of Terror and Fantasy Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque III Tales Twelve Creepy Tales Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Vol. II Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Five Volumes: Volume Two Ιστορίες αλλόκοτες
Reader Profile
3.8/5 · 4628 readers · 32 pages · ≈ 36 min · Moderate
How long does it take to read The Premature Burial?
About ≈ 36 min — 32 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is The Premature Burial?
32 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is The Premature Burial?
It sits on the Horror shelves.
Has The Premature Burial been made into a movie or TV show?
Yes — screen adaptations include Lunacy (2005).
Is The Premature Burial in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who wrote The Premature Burial?
Edgar Allan Poe.