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The Black Cat

Edgar Allan Poe

4.05 · Rating details · 29,933 ratings · 1,949 reviews

This story is one of Edgar Allan Poe's most memorable ones. The tale centers on a black cat and the subsequent deterioration of a man - from one who enjoyed family life with his wife and numerous pets through his radical change for the worse. The story is often compared to "The Tell-Tale Heart" because of the profound psychological elements these two works share. "The Blac ...more

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Dec 01, 2020 Muhtasin Oyshik rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe

It is one of Poe's darkest tales focusing on brutality towards animals, murder, and crime. The story is kind of similar to "The Tell-Tale Heart." However, it's disturbing but very entertaining. And it's one of those books that hard to put down.

I am above the weakness of seeking to establish a sequence of cause and effect, between the disaster and the atrocity.

Amazing classic. ...more

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Jun 06, 2008 Ahmad Sharabiani rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery, horror, 19th-century, literature, classics, short-stories, gothic

The Black Cat, Edgar Allan Poe
The Black Cat is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. It was first published in the August 19, 1843. The narrator tells us that from an early age he has loved animals. He and his wife have many pets, including a large, beautiful black cat (as described by the narrator) named Pluto. This cat is especially fond of the narrator and vice versa. Their mutual friendship lasts for several years, until the narrator becomes an alcoholic. One night, after coming ...more

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Jul 25, 2018 Annet rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: literature-pure, have-to-read-again, dark, crime, creepy, classics

A morbid story of Edgar Allan Poe, probably one of his most famous ones, the black cat... about a man slowly going hysterical, madder and madder and a cat (or actually two?) playing a key part in increasing his insanity and leading up to morbid actions...
What brings a man to write such stories.... I understood Poe did not have the best of lives himself.
A great writer though, intriguing stories. Four stars, will further edit in the coming days!

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Dec 01, 2018 NReads rated it really liked it

Poe's short stories are so similar to each other.

Sometimes I wonder why I like reading them so much.

He was a genius. ...more

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Jun 27, 2017 Michael rated it it was amazing

Shelves: gothic, unreliable-narrator

Here is another classic Poe tale of dissolution and madness. It's very similar to The Tell-Tale Heart, yet different in interesting ways. For one thing, this tale is told from a distant, calm, and indeed sane perspective. Unlike The Tell-Tale Heart, which begins with the narrator breathlessly trying to convince the reader of his sanity, here the narrator calmly states that "I neither expect nor solicit belief" in his tale, but that because he is to die tomorrow (presumably to be executed), he wi Here is another classic Poe tale of dissolution and madness. It's very similar to The Tell-Tale Heart, yet different in interesting ways. For one thing, this tale is told from a distant, calm, and indeed sane perspective. Unlike The Tell-Tale Heart, which begins with the narrator breathlessly trying to convince the reader of his sanity, here the narrator calmly states that "I neither expect nor solicit belief" in his tale, but that because he is to die tomorrow (presumably to be executed), he wishes to "unburthen my soul" of the events that "have terrified--have tortured--have destroyed me."

We begin with a mundane account of the narrator's early years. He was known from a young age for loving pets. What a good guy! After his marriage, his wife gets him birds, fish, a dog, rabbits, a small monkey, and a cat. And that's where things start to go wrong--with that cat--or rather with the narrator's perception of it. There's a hint that the narrator starts abusing alcohol, and then starts abusing the cat, and when the cat bites him a little, "a demon instantly possessed me" and he cuts out one of its eyes.

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Quickly the descent into madness gathers force. He hangs the cat, not because it did him any wrong, but because of precisely the opposite: he "hung it because I knew that it had loved me, and because I felt it had given me no reason of offense;--hung it because I knew that in so doing I was committing a sin." It's the transgression itself that he can't resist. When he gets another cat, he can't help feeling the same way toward it, and the pressure builds inside him until he takes an axe to it, and when his wife stops him, he kills her with the axe, bricks up her corpse inside the wall, and when the police come and search his house, they don't find her until he can't help himself--he taps the wall until there's a wailing shriek from inside, and the police uncover the corpse and there is the cat too, "whose informing voice had consigned me to the hangman."

There's an interesting and perhaps obvious use of symbolism throughout--the voice from the bricked-up tomb is like the repressed voices inside him that caused him to do these evil deeds, and the black cat is of course a famous symbol of superstition and bad luck. Nonetheless, this tale isn't too heavy-handed about any of this. It works on a purely narrative level in the same deliciously macabre way of Poe's best work, and provides another keen insight into irrationality and the demons lurking inside the human heart.
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Nov 07, 2020 Swaroop rated it liked it

Indeed, a memorable story - as it shall remain in my memory for long!

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Dec 06, 2015 Sean Barrs rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: short-stories, 4-star-reads, darkness-horror-gothic

This depicts a man who has completely lost himself to his illness. He was once happy. He was once sane. He had a loving wife and a warm home full of pets. But, his illness took over; it sent him into fits of blind rage in which he abused that which he professed to love; he neglected his animals and beat his wife. However, for a time, he left his favourite amongst them in peace. He left his beloved black cat alone. Well, until one day where he was sent over the edge and decided to stab the poor c This depicts a man who has completely lost himself to his illness. He was once happy. He was once sane. He had a loving wife and a warm home full of pets. But, his illness took over; it sent him into fits of blind rage in which he abused that which he professed to love; he neglected his animals and beat his wife. However, for a time, he left his favourite amongst them in peace. He left his beloved black cat alone. Well, until one day where he was sent over the edge and decided to stab the poor creature’s eye out. What a bastard.

“The fury of a demon instantly possessed me. I knew myself no longer. My original soul seemed, at once, to take its flight from my body; and a more than fiendish malevolence, gin-nurtured, thrilled every fibre of my frame.”

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Because of this I have absolutely no sympathy for the narrator of this tale; he is a terrible man. His illness is his alcoholism or so he says. So, he causes it himself; he knows the rage that drink brings him yet he persists in its consumption. It seems like a convenient excuse for a deranged man to me. He further defends himself by saying he is perverse and that he simply commits cruelty because he knows that he shouldn’t. This, to me, is just stupidity. I’m not sure when these scapegoat like ideas manifested itself within the narrator because he clearly wasn’t always this way. I suppose you could argue that the alcohol ruined him and destroyed his mind, but, again, that seems like an excuse. So, I can’t fully agree with that idea. He claims to have loved the cat, and his actions suggest that he did so beyond his wife. Yet, he immediately tries to replace the cat after he hangs it. Surely, such an animal would be irreplaceable to him regardless of whether or not he killed it? Surely, no other cat would be the same? Unless the alcohol destroyed his love and turned him to bitterness. It's all rather ironic:

“I was especially fond of animals, and was indulged by my parents with a great variety of pets. With these I spent most of my time, and never was so happy as when feeding and caressing them.This peculiarity of character grew with my growth, I derived from it one of my principal sources of pleasure.”

The new cat doesn’t like him much, and I can’t say that I blame it. The narrator is incredibly repulsive and disgustingly grotesque. He begins to return the cat’s dislike with hatred, which turns to anger, which turns to an unbridled passion to destroy it. What a bastard. Humorously, he even tries to blame the cat when the problem clearly resides within his own head. His mind has been tainted whether by alcoholism, madness or some other dark force I cannot fully say. But, one thing’s for sure, he isn’t normal. He has somehow convinced himself that the cat harbours the soul of a witch. This has been emphasised, to his mind, by its lack of an eye. He thinks it sees straight through him and sees his dark soul; thus, it too must be killed.

This story was incredibly uncomfortable to read even by Poe’s standards. Animal cruelty is a terrible thing, and I must admit that some of the description made me somewhat angry. Don’t get me wrong, I do like this story; it is incredibly twisted, dark and generally speaking quite fucked up. The narrator is an evilly insane man, which Poe captured perfectly. It’s just that I’m a cat lover, so it made me a little sad. But, overall, it is a marvel of writing. To evoke such a malevolent, vile, malicious piece of degenerate filth is a true accomplishment even if it’s horrible to read about. I'm glad the cat got the last laugh. ...more

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May 28, 2011 Stephen rated it it was ok

Shelves: short-fiction, classics, horror, ebooks, animalistic

GOODREADS POLL QUESTIONS: What did you think of Edgar Allen Poe’s short story, THE BLACK CAT?
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OUCH....well I didn’t hate this anti black cat hit piece as much as the unbiased poll respondents did, but I didn’t really like it either. Of course, as a member of the GLASS Association (Get Lousy Drunk and Sing Showtunes), I will say that I found the negative portrayal of excess alcohol consumption to be both misleading and offensive and may have allowed that anger to color my ...more

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Sep 13, 2019 Janete rated it it was amazing

I listened to the audiobook and read the original text in English and also the translated text into my mother language (Portuguese). The narrator was so great! And Edgar Allan Poe was a genius!

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Dec 21, 2017 Ahmed Ejaz rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: short-stories, 2017

I like Edger Allan Poe's stories very much. They are so deep and give very horrifying feelings to me.
I liked this story too. While reading, I was feeling that I had experienced something like this before. But I couldn't know from where. It turned out, The Tell-tale Heart was similar to this one. That's why.
I highly recommend this story to everyone.
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Feb 06, 2017 Mansuriah Hassan rated it it was amazing

Shelves: classics, favorites

I have never read Edgar Allan Poe’s writing before. So after reading this short story, I was immediately intrigued. Right after I finished reading this story I was like “Whoa… What did I just read?” This is one of the darkest tales that I have ever read. Horrifying! Gruesome! Edgar Allan Poe is literally the master of horror!

Poe gives a disturbing creepy glimpse into the mind of the narrator. The narrator begins with his kind and human younger self. In subsequent years he descended into madness ...more

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Oct 11, 2020 Loretta rated it it was amazing

Shelves: classic, one-star-reads, favorites, five-star-reads, mystery, short-stories, thriller, my-2020-reading-challenge, horror, october-2020

Being a fan of Poe I’m surprised that I missed reading this one! So glad that I finally read it! Poe’s writing, as we fans of his, draws you in from the first page. Definitely a good short story for the month of October. Creepy + scary = Poe! 💀👻

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Oct 11, 2016 Bam cooks the books ;-) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2016-reading-challenge, 2016-aty-reading-challenge, short-stories

#2016-aty-reading-challenge-week-51: a short story from a well-known author.

My love for Edgar Allan Poe's short stories began in seventh grade. My language arts teacher was a very dramatic looking woman: skeletally thin with long raven black hair which was parted in the middle and tightly pulled back into a chignon, revealing razor-sharp cheekbones. No person alive could install more of a sense of horror and dread in us than she did as she read Poe's stories aloud to our class. And we loved it! ...more

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Oct 18, 2016 Maria rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This short story was an intense read. Not all of Poe's stories works for me, but this one definitely does. It deals with animal cruelty and domestic violence, and some of it was uncomfortable. But I really like it when literature makes me feel something strongly - even if its something bad. It shows both the power and the importance of literature. Cozy, funny reads are great, and sometimes they're exactly what I need. But it is stories that challenge me or make me feel something intensely that r ...more

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Oct 29, 2015 Bionic Jean rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: animals, 19th-century-ish, classics, ghost-horror-supernatural, read-authors-m-p, kindle

The Black Cat (1842) is a truly horrible story by Edgar Allan Poe. It is horrible in an entirely literal sense, and is one of the darkest stories Poe ever wrote. It is a psychological study of guilt and madness resulting in part from alcoholism. This is an interesting stance taken by the author, since Poe himself was reputedly an alcoholic. Masterly though it is, I dislike this story intensely with its depiction of (view spoiler) ...more

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Nov 14, 2020 Jack Heath rated it really liked it

Shelves: other-m-following, other-j-characters, other-p-short-story, category-e-horror-or-sci-fi-crime, category-h-thriller, other-l-fifty

4 Stars. One of Poe's big ones. I believe the concept of this story is out there just beyond public awareness, in the ether of community consciousness. I've never read it, nor seen anything on TV, yet I knew what was coming. The joy was the journey. The author pulls us along so well. One wonders whether, as modern society becomes less superstitious, and that surely is happening, awareness of literature in such a vein is diminishing as the superstitions do too? Or is it just that the story is alm ...more

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Sep 22, 2020 Doug rated it really liked it · review of another edition

In typical Poe fashion, this story is absolutely shocking and pulls no punches. Even for today’s standards, it's a disturbing tale. I didn't enjoy it as much as the The Cask of Amontillado though, that story currently is my all-time favorite of Poe's. ...more

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Jun 07, 2020 La Tonya Jordan rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Recommends it for: Everybody

Recommended to La Tonya by: Old Books New Readers from Goodreads

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This is a typical Edgar Allan Poe dark and creepy. Why would one who loved animals start to drink and kill his favorite pet? His black cat Pluto. He unloads his conscious to tell of his demise before he is to be executed for killing of his wife. She tried to curb his angry to protect the cat.

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It seemed almost th ...more

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Sep 06, 2018 K. Elizabeth rated it liked it

Shelves: short-story, horror, mystery, 3-stars, classics, gothic, fiction, reviewed

*Read for class*

What a strange story...

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Nov 04, 2015 Althea Ann rated it really liked it

I think I might have to give this one the Most Unpleasant Narrator of All Time award.

It's true, animal abusers tend to be psychopaths.

Here, Poe gives us a disturbing glimpse into the mind of a man who shows no remorse for his deeds and is eager to blame outside factors for his own decisions. The story, published in 1843, still has the ability to shock, even today. ...more

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Jun 08, 2019 Quirkyreader rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

This tale is super twisted.

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Oct 29, 2015 Jim Ef rated it it was amazing

8.8/10
Huge spoilers coming.

In Poe’s classic horror tale, the love a man has for his cat gradually turns into hate and ends up with murder. The strange thing is that the man, right after brutally kills the poor animal, wants to find a new one to fill the gap. Of course, as in the first time, his sympathy changes to an unexplainable hate, only that this time it’s not the animal that will become his victim, but his own wife. With criminal mind he will cover his traces, but not for long, as divine j ...more

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Dec 25, 2017 Clumsy Storyteller rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2017-reading-assignment, absolute-favorite, definitely-worth-reading, favorites, creepy-as-fuck

What a disturbed, brilliant mind!!

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Jul 21, 2020 JJ rated it really liked it

Yeah, very good. Poe. 4.3 stars.

Re-read:
Yeah, nice indeed.

2nd re-read:
Listened to the audiobook narrated by Sir Christopher Lee. Rest in peace, one of the best film actors ever.

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Mar 16, 2010 Manybooks rated it it was ok

Shelves: mysteries, classics, book-reviews, horror, cats

Having read Poe's classic in junior high school (grade eight English) when we were doing an entire term on diverse British and American mystery and thrillers (from the 19th to the middle of the 20th century), I should probably be rereading this tale thoroughly before posting a review, as I do not remember all that much except that The Black Cat is well crafted, engagingly descriptive, but also and nevertheless so horribly creepy and frightening that it actually gave me some rather major nightmar Having read Poe's classic in junior high school (grade eight English) when we were doing an entire term on diverse British and American mystery and thrillers (from the 19th to the middle of the 20th century), I should probably be rereading this tale thoroughly before posting a review, as I do not remember all that much except that The Black Cat is well crafted, engagingly descriptive, but also and nevertheless so horribly creepy and frightening that it actually gave me some rather major nightmares as a teenager. The Black Cat was therefore not all that enjoyable a reading experience for me, especially since I did not even have the option of abandoning the story, as was required and assigned class reading and we were likely being tested on it (and I do rather vividly remember that the cruelty, the nastiness that the poor cat experiences while alive, was one of the major if not the main reason for my nightmare dreams, for my angst, and although I did much appreciate that the abusive, drink maddened tormentor ended up receiving his just due at the end, the freakiness of the "dead" cat coming back, of the tormentor becoming the tormented, did not make the tale itself, did not really make The Black Cat any more enjoyable or less terrifyng, in fact, it but increased my level of discomfort and pain).

And because I do still tend to get weird dreams and nightmares when and upon reading creepy and/or frightening stories (and especially if they feature abused or absurd animal characters), I have now firmly decided NOT to ever reread The Black Cat. I can and do appreciate the verbal mastery of this tale (especially and appreciatingly Poe's style and wordcraft) but the themes, the entire premise of The Black Cat are simply not all that personally enjoyable and much too uncanny, even potentialy terrifying for my tastes (and honestly, there are simply too many books languishing on my to read and even my currently reading shelves which are begging to be read, reviewed and well, I just do not desire to spend any more of my time on a story that will more than probably once again stress my emotions and needlessly frighten me). I guess, I just do NOT much like horror, even if said horror fiction is rightfully considered a classic (and hence, but two stars for The Black Cat as truth be told, I simply do not like and often cannot even handle horror stories and indeed even horror stories where in the end, justice is appropriately served). ...more

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Oct 05, 2013 Diane S ☔ rated it really liked it

A short story that is very representative of the darkness of Poe's writing. Drink turns a once loving and compassionate man into a monster. A story of cruelty and revenge with wonderfully descriptive writing and some very startling moments. I have not read Poe in a while but he writes some wonderful stories and it is almost Halloween. The perfect time for creepiness. ...more

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Dec 22, 2015 Evelyn (devours and digests words) rated it really liked it

Shelves: blood-and-flying-entrails, ghosties, welcome-to-the-dark-side, as-short-as-my-legs, stephen-king-approves, classics, shocking

I love karma. The Black Cat is Poe at his best macabre, creepy self.

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Also, don't mess with cats. They're evil.

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Jun 03, 2011 Jim rated it really liked it

Shelves: 1paper, horror, 2fiction

I just read this particular short story on a Wiki site:
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& found it truly gruesome. I can understand why some might not connect with it. Poe's tale of a descent into madness & violence is somewhat illogical for the normal person, but for the addict or alcoholic... well, he describes it perfectly - unsurprising when you consider his history of abuse. I believe he poured his soul into the telling.

The man's brief description of his prior life told me that he m ...more

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Mar 23, 2017 Zuky the BookBum rated it really liked it

Shelves: 4-stars, short-stories, 2017, kindle

This is one of few Poe works that I have read but I am stunned at his ability to scare his reader.

This story is dark, disturbing and horrific. Told from the perspective of a man made angry and aggressive from an alcohol addiction, this story moves through the motions of his life. From happy young animal loving boy, to wife and animal abuser.

Karma's a bitch, don't fuck with cats! ...more

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Feb 06, 2012 Kathryn rated it really liked it

Shelves: own, horror-read, classics

Poe is a literary genius. Maybe I am just a sucker for titles dealing with cats. But, Poe is famous for a reason. As much as I say Stephen King is the master of horror....I have to say, Poe is the original horror master. Such a creative mind, beautiful words and prose.

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The name Poe brings to mind images of murderers and madmen, premature burials, and mysterious women who return from the dead. His works have been in print since 1827 and include such literary classics as The Tell-Tale Heart, The Raven, and The Fall of the House of Usher. This versatile writer’s oeuvre includes short stories, poetry, a novel, a textbook, a book of scientific theory, and hundreds of The name Poe brings to mind images of murderers and madmen, premature burials, and mysterious women who return from the dead. His works have been in print since 1827 and include such literary classics as The Tell-Tale Heart, The Raven, and The Fall of the House of Usher. This versatile writer’s oeuvre includes short stories, poetry, a novel, a textbook, a book of scientific theory, and hundreds of essays and book reviews. He is widely acknowledged as the inventor of the modern detective story and an innovator in the science fiction genre, but he made his living as America’s first great literary critic and theoretician. Poe’s reputation today rests primarily on his tales of terror as well as on his haunting lyric poetry.

Just as the bizarre characters in Poe’s stories have captured the public imagination so too has Poe himself. He is seen as a morbid, mysterious figure lurking in the shadows of moonlit cemeteries or crumbling castles. This is the Poe of legend. But much of what we know about Poe is wrong, the product of a biography written by one of his enemies in an attempt to defame the author’s name.

The real Poe was born to traveling actors in Boston on January 19, 1809. Edgar was the second of three children. His other brother William Henry Leonard Poe would also become a poet before his early death, and Poe’s sister Rosalie Poe would grow up to teach penmanship at a Richmond girls’ school. Within three years of Poe’s birth both of his parents had died, and he was taken in by the wealthy tobacco merchant John Allan and his wife Frances Valentine Allan in Richmond, Virginia while Poe’s siblings went to live with other families. Mr. Allan would rear Poe to be a businessman and a Virginia gentleman, but Poe had dreams of being a writer in emulation of his childhood hero the British poet Lord Byron. Early poetic verses found written in a young Poe’s handwriting on the backs of Allan’s ledger sheets reveal how little interest Poe had in the tobacco business.

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