[PAR] [TLE] The Tell-Tale Heart [SEP] "The Tell-Tale Heart" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1843.  It is told by an unnamed narrator who endeavors to convince the reader of his sanity, while describing a murder he committed.  The victim was an old man with a filmy "vulture-eye", as the narrator calls it.  The murder is carefully calculated, and the murderer hides the body by dismembering it and hiding it under the floorboards.  Ultimately, the narrator's feelings of guilt, or a mental disturbance, result in him hearing the dead man's beating heart. [PAR] [TLE] Tell-Tale (film) [SEP] Tell-Tale is a 2009 science fiction-horror drama film inspired by the Edgar Allan Poe short story "The Tell-Tale Heart".  It is directed by Michael Cuesta and stars Josh Lucas, Lena Headey, and Brian Cox and is produced by Tony Scott and Ridley Scott.  A man's recently transplanted heart leads him on a frantic search to find the donor's killer before a similar fate befalls him.
[PAR] [TLE] The Tell - Tale Heart [ SEP ] " The Tell - Tale Heart " is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe , first published in 1843 . It is told by an unnamed narrator who endeavors to convince the reader of his sanity , while describing a murder he committed . The victim was an old man with a filmy " vulture - eye " , as the narrator calls it . The murder is carefully calculated , and the murderer hides the body by dismembering it and hiding it under the floorboards . Ultimately , the narrator 's feelings of guilt , or a mental disturbance , result in him hearing the dead man 's beating heart . [PAR] [TLE] Tell - Tale ( film ) [ SEP ] Tell - Tale is a 2009 science fiction - horror drama film inspired by the Edgar Allan Poe short story " The Tell - Tale Heart " . It is directed by Michael Cuesta and stars Josh Lucas , Lena Headey , and Brian Cox and is produced by Tony Scott and Ridley Scott . A man 's recently transplanted heart leads him on a frantic search to find the donor 's killer before a similar fate befalls him .
When was the book that inspired the 2009 science fiction-horror drama film "Tell-Tale" first published?
When was the book that inspired the 2009 science fiction - horror drama film " Tell - Tale " first published ?
1843
1843