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  <title><![CDATA[The Masque of The Red Death]]></title>
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  <default_description>The story follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague known as the Red Death by hiding in his abbey. He, along with many other wealthy nobles, has a masquerade ball within seven rooms of his abbey, each decorated with a different color. In the midst of their revelry, a mysterious figure enters and makes his way through each of the rooms. When Prospero confronts this stranger, he falls dead. The story follows many traditions of Gothic fiction and is often analyzed as an allegory about the inevitability of death, though some critics advise against an allegorical reading. Many different interpretations have been presented, as well as attempts to identify the true nature of the disease of the &quot;Red Death.&quot;</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1842</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>The Masque of The Red Death</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Edgar Allan Poe]]></name>
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  <date_added>Wed Jun 18 08:53:21 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jun 18 08:54:07 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Okay!  This was the CREEPIEST story that I have read ever, by any author!<br/><br/>The guy was an absolute genius!!!  And still remains so.]]></body>
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    <review id="35992218">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Everyone in highschool ]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sat Nov 22 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Oct 22 19:43:30 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Oct 24 10:01:57 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count>once</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This book is dark, and]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35992218]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="48227161">
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    <name><![CDATA[Sarah]]></name>
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  <date_added>Wed Mar 04 11:43:46 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Mar 04 11:50:07 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is probably my most hated short story by Poe. I didn't like the abrupt ending or his description of the seven rooms. I also think that the name Prospero did no justice to the story. When I think of the name Prospero, I think of <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18135.Romeo_and_Juliet" title="Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare">William Shakespeare</a>. Not Edgar Allan Poe. <br/><br/>My interpreta...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48227161">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="43538505">
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  <date_added>Sun Jan 18 21:19:53 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jan 19 10:08:08 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really like the imagery and the concept of this short story. It creates a feeling of anticipation and dread that ends in tragedy. It gives one a feeling that death cannot be fooled and will find all of us regardless of where we hide from it.]]></body>
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    <review id="41488964">
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jan 01 09:08:17 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jan 05 05:56:02 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is so wonderful. The title story is a little fiction treasure, and William Wilson left me wondering as to whether Mr. Stevenson was somewhat influenced by Poe's story, written half a century before his much too famous The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.]]></body>
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    <review id="74445455">
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    <name><![CDATA[Chandra]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is without a doubt my favorite Poe story. If you read only one of this mans works make it this one. DO IT!! Also, the movie with Vincent Price as Prince Prospero is pretty sweet you should check that out too.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74445455]]></url>
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    <review id="49397612">
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <date_added>Sun Mar 15 19:42:45 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Mar 19 08:03:01 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Quite relevant in our time, I feel as if people sometimes say &quot;Let's have a party as the world burns.&quot; Moneyed indivduals don't feel this economic meltdown, so let them have their parties. A plague is a bit different but not so far away.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49397612]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="76229632">
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  <read_at>Fri Oct 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is just classic Poe.  Wonderful and shocking and horrifying.  Have always loved this one.  Proof yet again that you can run from Death but it will always come for you when it is time.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76229632]]></url>
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    <review id="50522419">
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    <name><![CDATA[Robert]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Orange, CA]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Tue Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 2005</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Edgar Allan Poe is a very very dark writer. But each of his stories and poems reverberate through the human character and condition.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50522419]]></url>
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    <review id="41135375">
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  <date_added>Sun Dec 28 18:49:20 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Dec 28 18:54:32 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I had to read this story too. I thought it was extremely good and it certainly made me want to start reading more Edgar Allan Poe.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41135375]]></url>
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    <review id="46819220">
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  <date_added>Wed Feb 18 19:20:05 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Feb 18 19:21:49 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[this is my favorite short story by edgar allan poe.<br/>creepy and chilling, and i really liked it.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46819220]]></url>
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    <review id="70590512">
    <user id="2715857">
    <name><![CDATA[Erin]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Bel Air, MD]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Sep 09 08:10:02 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Sep 09 08:11:18 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of my absolute favorite tales by Poe.  Full of descriptive imagery and symbolism.  ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70590512]]></url>
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    <review id="74712799">
    <user id="900147">
    <name><![CDATA[Laura]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Sao Paulo, Brazil]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Fri Oct 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Oct 16 06:37:17 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Oct 16 06:49:51 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Available at LibriVox. These scary stories are becoming better and better...]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74712799]]></url>
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    <review id="68515646">
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    <name><![CDATA[Hans]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Japan]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sun Aug 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat Aug 22 20:40:46 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Life is a party until the uninvited guest, death, shows up.]]></body>
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    <review id="73410010">
    <user id="2804835">
    <name><![CDATA[Aline]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Brazil]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Sun Oct 04 10:36:21 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Oct 04 10:36:42 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This guy is my favorite writter.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73410010]]></url>
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    <review id="54100693">
    <user id="2258576">
    <name><![CDATA[Candice]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Hue, 78, Viet Nam]]></location>        
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    <body><![CDATA[Has haunted me since high school]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54100693]]></url>
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    <review id="72386669">
    <user id="2609073">
    <name><![CDATA[Patrick]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Knoxville, TN]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1978</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Classic Poe.  Extra creepy.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72386669]]></url>
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    <review id="38227707">
    <user id="1728951">
    <name><![CDATA[Ashley]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Los Banos, CA]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Thu Nov 20 10:02:19 -0800 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Love, love, love!]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38227707]]></url>
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    <review id="36105175">
    <user id="1491057">
    <name><![CDATA[Sierra]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Kirtland, NM]]></location>        
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    <body><![CDATA[  I over all liked the book. Im not crazy about it but it was good. I thought the book was very suspensful and  &quot;addictive.&quot; I liked that when reading book had a very sinster tone through out the hole book. I enjoyed how descriptive Poe was. He did a great job on creating imagery. I saw ev...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36105175">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <name><![CDATA[Kat]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[Everyone wears a mask....be afraid.]]></body>
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