![]() He has kept his desire for revenge a secret, but he is absolutely determined to get it. ![]() The narrator, Montresor, opens the story by talking about how he has an enemy named Fortunato, whose seemingly constant insults he has tried to put up with, but now he has reached his breaking point and wants revenge. His name means "fortunate", which is ironic considering his fate. It's unclear how badly he really treated Montresor. He vows revenge against Fortunato (and gets it), but we never find out for sure if Fortunato did anything to deserve what Montresor does to 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 – in this case, by immurement.Īs in "The Black Cat" and "The Tell-Tale Heart", Poe conveys the story through the murderer's perspective. ![]() ![]() ![]() The story is set in a nameless European city in an unspecified year (possibly sometime during the eighteenth century) and concerns the deadly revenge taken by the narrator on a friend who he claims has insulted him. "The Cask of Amontillado" (sometimes spelled "The Casque of Amontillado") is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in the November 1846 issue of "Godey's Lady's Book". "infobox Book " name The Cask of Amontillado image image caption BookSurge Classics cover author Edgar Allen Poe country America language English genre Gothic publisher BookSurge Classics release date 1846 media type Short Story, Paperback pages 20 isbn 1594561869 ![]()
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