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The Telltale Heart, most likely.
No, I know for certain it wasn't "The Tell-Tale Heart".
What about Thou Art the Man?
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/%22Thou_Art_the_Man%22
Or The Black Cat?
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Saturday_Evening_Post/The_Black_Cat
If that's not it, here's a list of all of his short stories. I'm sure you'll find it there with patience:
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:Edgar_Allan_Poe#Individual_stories
I don't recognize "Thou Art the Man", and I know it wasn't "The Black Cat". Even going through my old English papers didn't help. I'll have to go through that list you linked to...
Thou Art the Man isn't one of his better-known works, so that's not surprising.
If you do find the story, post back here. I'm curious to know which one it was if not one of the more obvious ones I suggested. :)
I e-mailed my English teacher to see if she could help me. I'm waiting for the response. Edit: I got a response. She suggested "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Cask of Amontillado". But those aren't it...
Edited by Blazer_the_Delphox
The story you remember is likely "The Imp of the Perverse". Although the murderer/narrator is not driven to confess by the ghost of his victim, but by his very own "spirit of the Perverse".
Edit: Didn't see the other post. "The Imp of the Perverse" was correct!
Edited by Blazer_the_Delphox
We had to read an Edgar Allan Poe work for English class as part of a reading comprehension test, but for the life of me I can't remember what it was called. It involved the narrator committing a murder and getting away with it, only to be tormented by what he believes to be the spirit of the man he murdered. This ultimately culminates into him believing that he was struck down by the spirit and forced into publicly confessing to the crime.