short stories
Richard Connell
Background information:
Richard Connell (1893-1949) was an American author and journalist. This short story, which is his most famous, is an action-adventure tale inspired partly by the big-game safari tours in Africa and South America that were popular in the 1920s. This tale was also influenced by Connell’s experience in World War I, which may have contributed to the story’s message.
Character
by Edgar Alan Poe
the folklore that the story is based on via Poe's life
and the basis of the story from Edward Rowe Snow: page 1 basis of cask of amontillado
Point of View
by Charlie Fish