The Cask of Amontillado, Edgar Allan Poe
The Cask of Amontillado, Edgar Allan Poe
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The Cask of Amontillado

Author: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrator: Grover Gardner

Unabridged: 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/02/2025

Categories: Fiction, Classic, Horror

Synopsis

First published in the November 1846 issue of Godey's Lady's Book, the story is set in 19th century Italy and concerns the deadly revenge taken by the insane narrator on a friend who he claims has insulted him. Like several of Poe's stories, and in keeping with the 19th century fascination with the subject, the narrative revolves around a person being buried alive.

About Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American poet, short story writer, editor, and literary critic who is credited with inventing the detective fiction genre and with contributing to the emerging science fiction genre. He began his literary career with the anonymous publication of a collection of his poems entitled Tamerlane and Other Poems. He then turned to writing prose and spent the next several years working for literary journals and periodicals, becoming well known for his particular style of literary criticism. He served for a time on the staff of the New York Mirror, in which his poem "The Raven" was published. Poe's other well-known works include his stories "The Purloined Letter," "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," and "The Mystery of Marie Roget."

Reviews

Goodreads review by Federico on December 14, 2024

See you later my friend. Monsieur Montresor has a little grievance with the noble Fortunato. He decides to take amicable action and bury the hatchet… sort of speak. One of the most famed and acclaimed stories by Master Poe. Its reputation certainly precedes it, and for meager twenty pages I think i......more

Goodreads review by Glenn on February 01, 2025

The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe is a classic tale of revenge. Since there are dozens of posts here, my review will take a particular slant: what German pessimistic philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer has to say about the psychology of revenge and how the revengeful narrator in Poe’s tale rela......more

Goodreads review by Meghhnaa on October 28, 2022

An efficacious story on “revenge with impunity” and “premature burial”. For me, it is a perfect “story of VANITY!”. A revenge which laid hidden for half-a-century, and is revealed to the readers by the redresser & narrator (the main character), Montresor. We as a reader turn into a confidant, to his......more

Goodreads review by Michael on February 01, 2018

Typically this is considered a tale of revenge. I'm going to go out on a limb and argue that it's not. The only notion we have of revenge--of the narrator, Montresor, actually being wronged--comes in the wonderfully vague opening sentence: "The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best co......more

Goodreads review by Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽ on October 30, 2017

Possibly my favorite Edgar Allen Poe story! Final review, first posted on Fantasy Literature: Our narrator Montresor, an Italian nobleman, explains ― in a suspiciously vague way ― how his friend Fortunato has mortally offended and insulted him. Montresor sets himself on a course of implacable revenge......more

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