Possible Clues:

• Poe classic whose narrator imagines a beating sound, with "The"
• With "The," 1843 short story with a famously unreliable narrator
• 1843 story narrated by a murderer, with "The"
• 1843 story narrated by a murderer, with 'The'
• Poe classic (with ''The'')
• Poe story (with ''The'')
• Poe classic, with 'The'