The Masque of the Red Death

Edgar Allan Poe

• Fantasy
• Book language: English
• 7 pages

The Masque of the Red Death is a gothic short story by Edgar Allan Poe. It follows Prince Prospero, who withdraws with his courtiers into a fortified abbey to escape a devastating plague, and later hosts a masked ball. The tale explores isolation, mortality, and the futility of trying to evade fate.

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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.