The Cask of Amontillado is first published in Godey’s Lady’s Book in 1846. Edgar Allan Poe’s classic short story of revenge and burying someone alive is mostly a personal shot at a literary rival. It’s a hit due to Lady’s Book huge circulation at the time. The story is published again a few weeks later in New England Weekly Review, the last during Poe’s life, but adapted multiple times for radio, TV, comic books, opera, stage, music, dramatic reading and film.
This Day in Halloween: Edgar Allan Poe’s classic short story "The Cask of Amontillado" is first published in Godey’s Lady’s Book in 1846. / Illustration by Kat Embry
