One of my favorite stories by Edgar Allan Poe is “The Masque of the Red Death.” It’s a gothic short story that revolves around a wealthy and arrogant prince named Prospero, who tries to evade a deadly plague known as the Red Death. Prospero invites a thousand of his noble friends to join him in a secluded abbey, where he organizes a masquerade ball to d…
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