"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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 — …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.