You’re invited to the masquerade. Do you dare attend? - Iseult Gillespie (opens in new tab)

Dig into an abridged version of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Masque of the Red Death,” about a prince’s attempt to escape a deadly plague\. -- Looking to avoid the plague devastating his country, Prince Prospero summons a thousand nobles from his court and sequesters them in his abbey\. Months into their seclusion, the Prince throws a lavish masquerade ball held in seven colored rooms\. But amidst the revelry, a mysterious shrouded figure appears\. Iseult Gillespie shares Edgar Allan Poe’s classic ...