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The Masque of the Red Death

Elsie Lee;Edgar Allan Poe (1964)

SubgenreDark Fantasy
Age groupYA 12-17
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age13
Goodreads4.05

Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentMild
LanguageMild

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age Protagonist

Synopsis

In this twist on Edgar Allen Poe's gothic short story, a wealthy teenaged girl who can afford a special mask to protect her from the plague that decimated humanity in the mid-1800s, falls in love, becomes caught up in a conspiracy to overthrow an oppressive government, and faces the threat of a new plague.

Tags

Historical FantasyDystopianGothicPlague Fiction