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A classic horror story of revenge and betrayal in the carnival season. A man lures his friend to his vaults and seals him up alive for insulting him over a bottle of wine.
"The Cask of Amontillado" ([a.mon.ti.ˈʝa.ðo]) is a short story by the American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in the November 1846 issue of Godey's Lady's Book. The story, set in an unnamed Italian city at carnival time, is about a man taking fatal revenge on a friend who, he believes, has insulted him.
Learn about Poe's short story of revenge and murder in the carnival season. Montresor traps and walls up Fortunato in a crypt, but is his motive justified?
Few Italians have the true virtuoso spirit. For the most part their enthusiasm is adopted to suit the time and opportunity, to practice 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.
Read the full text of Poe's classic tale of revenge, in which a man lures his enemy to his underground vaults and seals him in with a wall of bones. Learn about the plot, the characters, the themes and the historical context of this Gothic horror story.
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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.
