Just Listen Podcast: The Cask of Amontillado

Published: Dec. 12, 2018, 8 p.m.

Edgar Allan Poe is classified as an American Romantic writer, a detective fiction writer, and a Gothic\xa0writer. He is considered by many to be the father of the short story and the first writer of detective fiction.\xa0In \u201cThe Cask of Amontillado,\u201d a visit to a friend\u2019s wine cellar turns out to have disastrous consequences. Listen to the careful description of revenge in the opening statements and follow along as vengeance finally catches up with Fortunato.