The Cask of Amontillado

Edgar Allan Poe

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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 an unnamed Italian city at carnival time in an unspecified year, and is about a man taking fatal 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 from the murderer's perspective. The story's narrator, Montresor, tells the story of the day that he took his revenge on Fortunato (Italian for "the fortunate one"), a fellow nobleman, to an unspecified person who knows him very well. Angry over numerous injuries and some unspecified insult, he plots to murder his "friend" during Carnival when the man is drunk, dizzy, and wearing a jester's motley. Montresor brings Fortunato along into a private wine-tasting excursion by telling him he has obtained a pipe (about 130 gallons, 492 litres) of what he believes to be a rare vintage of amontillado. He mentions obtaining confirmation of the pipe's contents by inviting a fellow wine aficionado, Luchesi, for a private tasting. Montresor knows Fortunato will not be able to resist demonstrating his discerning palate for wine and will insist that he taste the amontillado rather than Luchesi who, as he claims, "cannot tell Amontillado from Sherry". Fortunato goes with Montresor to the wine cellars of the latter's palazzo, where they wander in the catacombs. Montresor offers wine (first Medoc, then De Grave) to Fortunato in order to keep him inebriated. Montresor warns Fortunato, who has a bad cough, of the dampness, and suggests they go back; Fortunato insists on continuing, claiming that "[he] shall not die of a cough."

Über Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe wurde am 19. Januar 1809 in Boston geboren und starb unter nicht vollständig geklärten Umständen am 7. Oktober 1849 in Baltimore. Er war ein bedeutender Vertreter der amerikanischen Romantik und hatte großen Einfluss auf die Entwicklung der europäischen Literatur. Poe war ein Meister in der erzählerischen Darstellung von Horror- und Gruselelementen und trug mit seinen fantastisch-unheimlichen Erzählungen maßgeblich zur Ausprägung des Genres der Schauergeschichte bei. Mit seiner Figur des Detektivs C. Auguste Dupin begründete Poe außerdem den modernen Kriminalroman. Seine Erzählung »Der Doppelmord in der Rue Morgue« gilt als Geburtsurkunde der Detektivgeschichte in der uns heute bekannten Form.


Verlag:

Sheba Blake Publishing

Veröffentlicht:

2017

Druckseiten:

ca. 7

Sprache:

English

Medientyp:

eBook


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