Masque of the Red Death

Written by Edgar Allan Poe

Narrated by Chris Stump

The Masque of the Red Death is a story by Edgar Allan Poe.


A terrible disease called the Red Death has struck the country. It’s incredibly fatal, horribly gruesome, and it’s already killed off half the kingdom. But the ruler of these parts, Prince Prospero, doesn’t seem to care about his poor, dying subjects.

Instead, he decides to let the kingdom take care of itself while he and a thousand of his favorite knights and ladies shut themselves up in a fabulous castle to have one never-ending party.

Wine, women, music, dancing, fools – Prospero’s castle has it all. After the last guest enters, no one else can get in – the Prince has welded the doors shut. That means no one can get out, either...

An Author's Republic audio production.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Author's Republic
• Release date: Mar 2, 2017
• ISBN: 9781518943638

Edgar Allan Poe

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