The Cask of Amontillado

By: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrated by: B.J. Harrison

The bloody-minded Montresor leads the pompous Fortunato deep into the catacombs, seeking the famed Amontillado wine. Here we have one of Poe’s most terrifying, and most “beloved” tales. Revenge and pomposity commingle beneath the river’s bed, leading to a delightfully sinister conclusion.

Public Domain (P)2007 B.J. Harrison

he lost his playmate Fortunato

He had planned for many years adding many details to his plan of exquisite revenge toward Firtunato for the many small slights. He had swallowed them all. But this last much larger slight he could not swallow. He must enact-the play he had been constructing in his mind minutely . It had consumed his thoughts entirely. Now he would execute it. Now Fortunato was chained and bricked in-he was silenced . What to think about now, whet to plan, what to do. He had killed Fortunato. He had killed the playmate of his mind. He was alone and the joke was on him.


he did

Well Done

It was great to listen to, the narrator is so talented. I got every emotional intonation.

well read love this reader

the reader made me feel like I was there in the story. i really love this book

love it

one of my favorite shorts from Poe. classic tale of revenge. narrators were quite excellent.

A classic for a good reason

I love this Edgar Allan Poe story and B.J. Harrison's narration is wonderful. I love the way he does both characters' voices and the emphasis he puts on certain words. This story is a true classic, appropriately creepy and the narration had me even more engaged with the story.