The Cask of Amontillado

The Cask of Amontillado

"The Cask of Amontillado" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in the November 1846 issue of Godey's Lady's Book. The story is set in a nameless Italian city in an unspecified year and is about the narrator's deadly revenge on a friend whom he believes 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—in this case, by immurement. As in "The Black Cat" and "The Tell-Tale Heart", Poe conveys the story through the murderer's perspective. Montresor...
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Author:Edgar Allan Poe
Genre:Horror, Short story
Year published:1846
Number of editions:5

Author of The Cask of Amontillado

Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe
January 19, 1809 - October 7, 1849
Birthplace:Boston, Massachusetts

Edgar Allan Poe was an American author, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective...
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Additional works by Edgar Allan Poe
BookCopyright DateGenre
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket 1838 Novel
The Journal of Julius Rodman Adventure novel
The Fall of the House of Usher Horror
The Pit and the Pendulum July 1998 Horror
Ligeia Horror
The Gold-Bug
The Purloined Letter Detective fiction
A Descent into the Maelstrom Science Fiction
Mesmeric Revelation
The Island of the Fay
Berenice Horror
The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar Suspense
The Masque of the Red Death Horror
The Colloquy of Monos and Una
Israfel
Tamerlane and Other Poems 1827 Poetry
Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque 1840 Horror
Never Bet the Devil Your Head
The Conchologist's First Book Science
A Valentine
Sonnet — To Zante
The City in the Sea
To Helen
... The poems of Edgar Allan Poe
Politian
A Few Words on Secret Writing
The Fall of the House of Usher
Nouvelles Histoires Extraordinaires 1999 Speculative fiction
Dead Brides: Vampire Tales 1999 Speculative fiction
Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe Vol. 1: Poems Anthology
Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe Vol. 2 & 3: Tales and Sketches Anthology
Antologia Poetica
Short Stories
The Devil in Belfry
Todos Los Cuentos/ All the Stories
Tales by Edgar A. Poe
Great Short Works of Edgar Allan Poe
Tales
Los Casos de Monsieur Dupin
Poesia Completa
Los Asesinatos de La Calle Morgue
Oeuvres En Prose
Cuentos, 2
Letters of Edgar Allan Poe
Great Tales of Horror
La genèse d'un poème
Relatos de terror / Tales of Terror
Breve Antologia De Cunentos Policiales
Phantastische Geschichten. Mitarbeiter und Manager im Unternehmen der Zukunft
Tales by Edgar Allan Poe
Carta Robada y Otros Cuentos, La
Cuentos Clasificados 1
Edgar Allan Poe
Forgotten Tales
Poe
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe
La Carta Robada Y Otros Cuentos
Tales Of Illusion
Poemes: Traduction de Stephane Mallarme
Poe, The Selected Writings of Edgar Allan
Les trois enquêtes du chevalier Dupin
Clasicos de Terror
Two Tales of Terror
Los Assessinatos De LA Calle Morgue
Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
Cuentos 1
Escarabajo De Oro Y Otros Cuentos, El
How To Write a Blackwook Article
Macabre Tales & Poems
Sophy IV
The Best American Humorous Short Stories
The raven and other poems
Raven, The
Langenscheidt Lektüre, Bd.67, Murder! Murder? Murder!
The Portable Poe
Ten Great Mysteries by Edgar Allan Poe
Cuentos Policiacos
Poetry for Young People
Detektivgeschichten
Edgar Allan Poe's tales of mystery and imagination
Cinco Cuentos de Mujeres
Tales to Make Your Skin Crawl
Historias Extraordinarias
The First Detective
Zolotoy Zhuk
The best known works
El Gato Negro y Otras Narraciones Extraordinarias
Gato Negro/Corazon/the Black Cat/the Telltale Heart
The Mind of Poe
Tales and Poetry of Edgar Allan Poe
Tales of Terror
Masterworks and Science Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe
Mejores Relatos Marinos, Los
Cuentos
El Retrato Oval
Erzählungen
The Best of Poe
Essays and Reviews
Le Scarabée d'or
Sophy 2
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Characters in The Cask of Amontillado

Fortunato
Fortunato

Fortunato is a fictional character from The Cask of Amontillado.

Montresor
Montresor

Montresor is a fictional character from The Cask of Amontillado.

The Cask of Amontillado quotes

  • 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.

Film adaptations of The Cask of Amontillado

An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe
An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe
Release date:January 1, 1970
Directed by:Kenneth Johnson
Genre:Thriller, Horror, Mystery
The Sealed Room
The Sealed Room
Release date:1909
Directed by:D. W. Griffith
Genre:Silent film, Indie, Short Film, Black-and-white, Horror, Drama
The Tell-Tale Heart by Taletube.com
The Tell-Tale Heart by Taletube.com
Release date:2008
Directed by:Stephen Conley

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Amontillado

Amontillado

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Thomas Dunn English

Literary Genres

Horror
Horror

Horror fiction also Horror fantasy is a genre of literature, which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten its readers, inducing feelings of...
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Short story
Short story

A short story is a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format. This format tends to be more pointed than longer...
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    "The Cask of Amontillado" is of the category: Revenge
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    The work was first released to the public in November, 1846.
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    The book is labeled as: Horror fiction.
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    The work consists of 31 pages.
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