Edgar Allan Poe

The Cask of Amontillado Edgar Allan Poe

"The Cask of Amontillado" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1846. 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 who, 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.