who lures his Carnival-besotted friend Fortunato deep into catacombs with walls covered with nitre by promising him a tasting from a pipe (cask) of very rare Amontillado wine. The victim is ...

Set in an unnamed Italian city, it follows a man named Montresor who invites his friend Fortunato down to his family vaults, presumably to sample a cask of amontillado. But as is always the ...

Today’s short story is Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado,” a fantastic ... Poe writes: The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon ...

Expressions presents a dramatic reading of Edgar Allan Poe's 'Cask ... Cask of Amontillado'. This classic tale of revenge features Bill Gorman as Montresor and Chris Nickerson as Fortunato and ...

He lures rival nobleman Fortunato into his wine cellar with the promise of a cask of Amontillado wine, only to chain him up and wall him in deep within the reaches of the catacombs. Even decades ...

“The Cask of Amontillado” might seem an unlikely ... and the prospect of literal wall-building Turning Montresor and Fortunato into a couple of bros makes the entire scenario feel funnier ...