The Cask of Amontillado A story of revenge In Poe's usual style, the narrator of the story is the killer and we see things through his eyes. His looks were wild with terror, and he spoke to me in a voice tremulous, husky, and very low."Ī drunk man kills his cat and it comes back to haunt him. "There came a light tap at the library door, and pale as the tenant of a tomb, a menial entered upon tiptoe. If you like horror stories, read this one. This is a really creepy story with a gruesome ending. Although it looked like a real story, it was completely ficticious, created entirely from Poe's imagination. This story appeared in the New York Sun in 1844 and claimed to have details about a group of men that successfully crossed the Atlantic Ocean in a new type of balloon. The Balloon Hoax Newspaper story about balloon travel When reading the broken dialog in this story, it helps if you pretend to read it like a drunk person. In this story, the narrator meets a strange little character and they go off to have adventures. Of course, he had a weird sense of humor. The Angel of the Odd Comedy about being drunk Summaries are listed in alphabetical order: Something of interest then take a trip into Poe's imagination. The following brief summaries are designed to quickly give readers an idea of what each story is about.
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