Berenice

"Berenice" is a short horror story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1835.

The story follows a man named Egaeus who is preparing to marry his cousin Berenice.  Berenice begins to deteriorate from an unnamed disease until the only part of her remaining healthy is her teeth, which Egaeus begins to obsess over. Berenice is buried, and Egaeus continues to contemplate her teeth. One day Egaeus wakes up with an uneasy feeling, and the sound of screams in his ears. A servant startles him by telling him Berenice's grave has been disturbed, and she is still alive; but beside Egaeus is a box containing 32 blood-stained teeth and a poem about "visiting the grave of my beloved".

Category Tale (358)
Language Armenian
Duration 0h : 24m
Age recommendation 16-120

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