The Illustrations to Tales of Mystery and Imagination, by Edgar Allen Poe, by Harry Clarke, 1919. Click for full size.
“For the love of God! Montresor! “Yes,” I said, “for the love of God!”
« Phoenix.
The Cask Of Amontillado.
« Phoenix.
One of my favorites!
Gets away with it and sleeps soundly for the rest of his life.
Yep, mine too! Only two Poe stories ever had an impact on me, The Tell-Tale Heart and The Cask of Amontillado. I was fascinated with The Cask of Amontillado, read that one more than once. And although it was silly, I quite liked the movie version with Vincent Price and Peter Lorre. (Tales of Terror).
The drinking contest.
Aaaaand, you have to love the line “can you spare a coin for a moral cripple?”
One of my favorite stories of all genres.