The Cask of Amontillado

by Edgar Allan Poe Narrated by B.J. Harrison

Overview

The bloody-minded Montresor leads the pompous Fortunato deep into the catacombs, seeking the famed Amontillado wine. Here we have one of Poe's most terrifying, and most “beloved” tales. Revenge and pomposity commingle beneath the river's bed, leading to a delightfully sinister conclusion.

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• "Yes," I said, "for the love of God!"
• "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 gave utterance to a threat. At length I would be avenged; this was a point definitely, settled --but the very definitiveness with which it was resolved precluded the idea of risk. I must not only punish but punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong."
• "I continued, as was my wont, to smile in his face, and he did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of his immolation."

― Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado

Product Details

BN ID:	2940169860276
Publisher:	B.J. Harrison
Publication date:	06/22/2007
Edition description:	Unabridged

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