The Cask of Amontillado (Audible Audio Edition) Edgar Allan Poe Mike Vendetti Spoken Realms Books
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Award winning narrator Mike Vendetti reads Edgar Allan Poe's classic tale about a man taking fatal revenge on a friend who, he believes, has insulted him. Like several of Poe's stories, and in keeping with the 19th-century fascination with the subject, the narrative revolves around a person being buried alive - in this case, by immurement. As in "The Black Cat" and "The Tell-Tale Heart", Poe conveys the story from the murderer's perspective.
The Cask of Amontillado (Audible Audio Edition) Edgar Allan Poe Mike Vendetti Spoken Realms Books
While this is a good text of the original story By Poe, it is important to know that it is NOT "Annotated."While there is a separate book about Poe included with this, making well worth the price, the actual story is not annotated
with additional information, references, and historical information usually found within an annotated work.
It is well worth the price, but it is mislabeled as an annotated text.
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The Cask of Amontillado (Audible Audio Edition) Edgar Allan Poe Mike Vendetti Spoken Realms Books Reviews
The Case of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe is a classic tale of revenge. Since there are over a dozen posts here, my review will take a particular slant what German pessimistic philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer has to say about the psychology of revenge and how the revengeful narrator in Poe's tale relates to Schopenhauer's insights.
Schopenhauer says we all suffer as the result of nature or chance but, as humans, we recognizes that is simply the way life works. He then writes, "Suffering caused by the will of another, on the other hand, includes a quite peculiar and bitter addition to the pain or injury itself, namely the consciousness of someone else's superiority, whether in point of strength or of cunning, together with that of one's own impotence." It's that person to person dynamic that gives us the real sting; someone intentionally shoves or hits us, humiliates or insults us, and, for whatever reason, we simply take it. This is what happened in the aristocrat-narrator's mind - he was insulted by Fortunato. I say `in the aristocrat-narrator's mind' since we as readers don't know if Fortunato actually intended to insult him.
Schopenhauer sees two phases of compensation for the person who has suffered at the hands of another. 1) direct and legal - a stranger hits us and we take him to court and win a settlement 2) revenge - to deal with the psychological afterglow of the stranger's blow. Here are his words "Recompense, if possible, can cure the injury done; but that bitter addition, the feeling `and that is what I have to put up with from you' which often hurts more than the injury itself, can be neutralized only by revenge." The narrator says his is not of a nature to merely threat. Being an aristocrat himself, that is, someone who is accustom to living life and having life on his own terms, he will not even consider direct or legal action or a mere threat. His first step is revenge, and a revenge where he will never be discovered or punished for exacting his revenge and a revenge where Fortunato will be fully aware he is the avenger.
Here is the payoff for the avenger as Schopenhauer sees it "By returning the injury, either by force or by cunning, we demonstrate our superiority over him who has injured us and thereby annul the proof he gave of his superiority over us. Thus the heart acquires the satisfaction it thirsted for. Where, consequently there is much pride or much vanity, there will also be much reveangefulness." This is where the philosopher's insights fit the characters in Poe's tale like a glove. Fortunato is a pompous aristocrat, a man full of himself, a man who, in the course of the story, calls another man by the name of Luchresi an ignoramus since Luchresi cannot tell Amontillado from Sherry. The narrator, in turn, with his vaults and wines, his family crest and family motto, is filled to the brim with pride and vanity. And as he locks Fortunato to the damp wall and seals him up in the cold, dark nave, we as readers get the feeling his revenge is as sweet as sweet can be. As Alfred Hitchcock said, "Revenge is sweet and not fattening."
Schopenhauer's words on the psychology of the avenger are penetrating. He writes, "But, as every fulfilled desire reveals itself more or less as a delusion, so does that for revenge. Usually the pleasure we hoped for from it is made bitter by the pity we afterwards feel; indeed, an exacted revenge will often subsequently break the heart and torment the conscience; we no longer feel the motivation which drove us to it, but the proof of our wickedness remains visibly before us." Poe's tale ends with the narrator-avenger completing his stone and plaster task and feeling his heart grow sick from the dampness of the catacombs. But this is the rub. He feels his heart grow sick but it this truly caused by the dampness of the catacombs? Might the narrator-avenger experience pity and hear-break and a torment of consciousness in the days, weeks and years to come? If he is not mad, then perhaps; if he is mad, then perhaps not. Since this is a tale written by Edgar Allan Poe, madness is always a real possibility. Thus, we can imagine the narrator-avenger spending his remaining days drinking wine from his vaults with a smug, satisfied smile, knowing there is one more pile of bones in his collection.
Very well Written in details,
This is one of my favorite stories. The translation was great. I love the way the translations have hyperlinks. I think all dual language kindle books should be set up this way.
I bought this book based on the notation that it was a high-quality paperback book. The book had six or seven pages that looked like they had been written on a typewriter. Then, there were pages and pages of blank paper (probably at least 20 blank pages). This is not what I call a high-quality paperback book. I was going to use it with my class at school, but I just brought it back home instead of using it.The Cask of Amontillado
The very first sentence sucks you into the story. It is a short story of revenge. I honestly didn't find anything to dislike. A story of fiction but it does describe, in my opinion, the darkness of humanity. Most human beings would not dare act this story out. But I'm sure lots of us have imagine scenarios at one point in our lives where we would like to play it out in reality.
Very disappointed with this audio version. The sample recording sounded great, which is why I purchased it. The description says "unabridged" and it is not. There are parts missing making it hard for a student to follow along with the text. Hoping I can get a refund.
I really enjoyed the (dramatized) version of the Cask of Amontillado from audiobooks. It clearly stated the plot summary, so I was clearly able to fully understand the short story. Excellent and very entertaining.
While this is a good text of the original story By Poe, it is important to know that it is NOT "Annotated."
While there is a separate book about Poe included with this, making well worth the price, the actual story is not annotated
with additional information, references, and historical information usually found within an annotated work.
It is well worth the price, but it is mislabeled as an annotated text.
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