"The Cask of Amontillado" is a short story by the American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in the November 1846 issue of Godey's Lady's Book. The story, set in an unnamed Italian city at carnival time, is about a man taking fatal revenge on a friend who, he believes, has insulted him.

2021年7月3日 · He had on a tight-fitting parti-striped dress, and his head was surmounted by the conical cap and bells. I was so pleased to see him that I thought I should never have done wringing his hand. I said to him — “My dear Fortunato, you are luckily met. How remarkably well you are looking to-day!

2013年9月2日 · Rowe also claims that when renovations were being done on the fort in 1905 workers found a skeleton entombed within a wall - and it was wearing a uniform from the early 1800s. Tony looked but could not see a skeleton.

Headley imagines the history of a skeleton he saw that had been found inside a church wall: The workman began at the feet, and with his mortar and trowel built up with the same carelessness he would exhibit in filling any broken wall. The successful enemy stood leaning on his sword — a smile of scorn and revenge on his features — and watched

2022年4月14日 · It was the skeleton of his wife in her yet unmoulded shroud. A careful investigation rendered it evident that she had revived within two days after her entombment — that her struggles within the coffin had caused it to fall from a ledge, or shelf, to the floor, where it was so broken as to permit her escape.

2012年5月22日 · Spectre — more usually skeleton — at the feast has long been a commonplace expression for a cause of disturbing thoughts in the midst of enjoyment. The phrase has been traced to a record by Herodotus (Bk.

2012年6月24日 · There is a legend of a ghostly skeleton dancing at the wedding feast of Alexander III of Scotland, at Jedburgh Castle in 1285. ‡ Masquerades gave an advantage to assassins. King Gustav III of Sweden was killed at a masqued ball in 1792 — the basis of Verdi's opera Un Ballo in Maschera (1859).

2023年10月28日 · “I distinctly recall his face, with its ample forehead, brilliant eyes, and narrowness of nose and chin; an essentially ideal face, not noble, yet anything but coarse, with the look of oversensitiveness which when uncontrolled may …

Edgar Allan Poe (né Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales involving mystery and the macabre.

As its portals swung outwardly back, some white-apparelled object fell rattling within his arms. It was the skeleton of his wife in her yet unmoulded shroud.