Considering the gory and sadistic enucleation performed on the narrator's pet in Edgar Allan Poe's tale "The Black Cat," one might assume that Poe probably suffered from ailurophobia or, at the very least, simply didn't like felines. Such, however, was not the case. With the exception of Poe's wife, his most beloved companion was a tortoiseshell kitty named Catterina. Poe wrote many of his works with Catterina contentedly balanced on his shoulder.
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