&quot;The Cask of Amontillado&quot; (sometimes spelled &quot;The Casque of Amontillado&quot;) is a short story, written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in the November 1846 issue of Godey&#39;s Lady&#39;s Book.<br />The story is set in a nameless Italian city in an unspecified year (possibly sometime during the eighteenth century) and concerns the deadly revenge taken by the narrator on a friend who he claims has insulted him. Like several of Poe&#39;s stories, and in keeping with the 19th-century fascination with the subject, the narrative revolves around a person being buried alive &ndash; in this case, by immurement.