TY - BOOK AU - Poe,Edgar Allan TI - The Masque of the Red Death AV - PS PY - 2010/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Horror tales, American N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Masque_of_the_Red_Death; Release date is 2010-06-06; Produced by Levent Kurnaz. HTML version by Al Haines; Original publication data not identified N2 - "The Masque of the Red Death" by Edgar Allan Poe is a short story first published in 1842. Prince Prospero and a thousand nobles seal themselves inside an abbey to escape a deadly plague called the Red Death. During a lavish masquerade ball in seven color-coded rooms, a mysterious masked figure appears, dressed as a plague victim. As the stranger moves through each chamber, terror spreads among the guests. This Gothic tale explores themes of mortality, isolation, and the futility of escaping death's inevitable reach. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1064 ER -