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Short Story: “The Cask of Amontillado” Author: Edgar Allan Poe, 1809–49 First published: 1846. The original short story is in the public domain in the United States and in most, if not all, other countries as well.
“Fortunato! How are you?” “Montresor! Good evening, my friend.” “My dear Fortunato! I am indeed glad that I have met you. I was just thinking of you. For I have been tasting my new wine. I have bought a full cask of a fine wine which they tell me is Amontillado.
Jun 6, 2010 · The Cask of Amontillado. by. Edgar Allan Poe. The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge. You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that I gave utterance to a threat.
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Jul 11, 2011 · Book from Project Gutenberg: The Cask of Amontillado Library of Congress Classification: PS
Here too we kept our finest wines, here in the cool, dark, still air under the ground. Fortunato's step was not sure, because of the wine he had been drinking. He looked uncertainly around him, trying to see through the thick darkness which pushed in around us. Here our brightly burn ing lights seemed weak indeed.
Few Italians have the true virtuoso spirit. For the most part their enthusiasm is adopted to suit the time and opportunity, to practise imposture upon the British and Austrian millionaires. In painting and gemmary, Fortunato, like his countrymen, was a quack, but in the matter of old wines he was sincere.
Jun 1, 2021 · 2004. Topics. Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. Cask of amontillado. Publisher. Boston, MA : Thomson/Wadsworth. Collection. internetarchivebooks; printdisabled; inlibrary. Contributor. Internet Archive. Language. English. Item Size. 254357839. xv, 119 p. ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 99-102) Access-restricted-item. true. Addeddate.
“The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe from Charters, Ann, Ed. The Story and its Writer: An Introduction to Short Fiction. 6th Ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2003.
The Cask of Amontillado. The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge. You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that I gave utterance to a threat.
