![]() ![]() ![]() Fortunado asks Montresor if he is a Mason (Freemason). Fortunado makes an elaborate gesture while holding a wine bottle, which does not mean anything to Montresor. In the cellars, they begin their descent while Montresor plies Fortunado with wine. ![]() In the house, the servants are all absent, somewhat humorously due to Montresor informing them he would be gone until morning while at the same time ordering them to not to leave the house for the carnival an action which, he assumes, will guarantee that they will sneak out.ġ919 illustration for "The Cask of Amontillado" by Harry Clarke. He asks Fortunado if he would accompany him back to his residence to sample the wine and verify its authenticity. ![]() Montresor finds Fortunado dressed as a jester and quite drunk and informs him that he has bought a rare cask of Amontillado wine. It was originally published in the magazine Godey's Lady's Book, November 1846 edition.Ī man named Montresor tells a friend the story of how he murdered a fellow nobleman named Fortunado during a carnival in an unnamed Italian town. "The Cask of Amontillado" is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe. Front cover of an edition of "The Cask of Amontillado" ![]()
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