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"The Masque of the Red Death" (originally published as "The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy") is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1842. The story follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague , known as the Red Death, by hiding in his abbey .
When asked of his work, the Red Death notes that only six are left: Francesca, Gino, Hop-Toad, Esmeralda, the little girl, and an old man from a nearby village. The Red Death declares "Sic transit gloria mundi" (Latin for "Thus passes the glory of the world") and the cloaked figures walk into the night. Over the procession are Poe's words: "And ...
The 1994 computer game Under a Killing Moon featured interludes in which text slides containing lines of The Masque of the Red Death were narrated by James Earl Jones.; The 1995 computer game The Dark Eye featured an abstract slide-show segment accompanying a reading of "The Masque of the Red Death" performed by William S. Burroughs.
Coney transposed a mystery based on another Edgar Allan Poe short story, "The Gold-Bug", onto the narrative and locations used in The Masque of the Red Death, [8] and took advantage of the fact that the Old Town Hall building dated back to 1893, 50 years after the publication of the story (treated as a factual account within the narrative), [14 ...
Masque of the Red Death is set on Earth in the 1890s in a setting called "Gothic Earth." [1] There is a strong connection to the supernatural as well as characters mentioned in legends and literature. For example, necromancers practice dark arts among the slave traders of New Orleans, while spirit creatures stalk the settlers of the American ...
Detective Dupin in back, and as good looking as ever! In this fifth game in the well-known Dark Tales series; you, as a detective is being called again to investigate series of murders in the town.
The Masque of the Red Death may also refer to: The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film) , a 1964 film adapted from the short story by Poe, directed by Roger Corman Masque of the Red Death (1989 film) , a remake of Corman's 1964 film, directed by Larry Brand and produced by Roger Corman
Mask of the Red Death (Croatian: Maska crvene smrti) is a 1969 animated short film by Pavao Štalter (also main animator and main artist) and Branko Ranitović for Zagreb Film. It is an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's The Masque of the Red Death.