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The Cask of Amontillado
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Katy
Jan 01, 2020 rated it really liked it
Another good creepy Poe short story
Wendy
Sep 12, 2018 rated it really liked it
Read this with Hayden for his English class Poe study unit.
Franky
I consider Edgar Allan Poe to be one of my favorite short story authors. I love his style and how he can create mood, atmosphere, setting, and theme and put them together so brilliantly in his short works. That being said, of all the tales and stories and poems I have read from Poe, I would have to say that The Cask of Amontillado is one of my least favorites. Sure, it has many of the staples of the other Poe works in terms of symbolism and a dark, foreboding mood, and one of the more surprise a ...more
Nancy (Colorado)
Feb 25, 2020 rated it really liked it
I have always thought Poe was strange but I like his work.
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What was wrong with you, Mr. Poe?
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