Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Black Cat' first published in the Saturday Evening Post (1843)

Edgar Allan Poe's short story 'The Black Cat' was first published in the August 19, 1843, edition of The Saturday Evening Post. At the time, the magazine used the temporary title United States Saturday Post. Poe, an American writer known for mystery and macabre tales, had relocated to Philadelphia in 1838, where he lived until 1844.

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Edgar Allan Poe. Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic known for his poetry and short stories, particularly tales involving mystery and the macabre. He is regarded as a central figure of Romanticism and Gothic fiction in the United States. Poe was one of the country's first successful practitioners of the short story.

The Saturday Evening Post. The Saturday Evening Post is an American magazine first published in 1821. It was published weekly from 1897 until 1963. In 1843, it used the temporary title United States Saturday Post. The Saturday Evening Post was first published in 1821 in the same printing shop at 53 Market Street in Philadelphia where the Pennsylvania Gazette was published in the 18th century.

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