"The Cask of Amontillado - Part 1" by Edgar Allan Poe (story reading)

[caval73]

whos reading it ?

[SpokenVerse]

@caval73 Me, Tom O'Bedlam. I read everything in this SpokenVerse channel. I hope you'll listen to a few more.

[caval73]

@SpokenVerse oh i will, it was totaly brilliant i loved every bit of it, my dad and mum use to read Poe/Shakespeare and others and poetry ! to me as a small child

Could you do 'tiger tiger buring bright ....?" that would be awesome !

[SpokenVerse]

@caval73 I've read most of the famous poems. You can find that one or any others by using the search box over the uploads on my channel page.

[1godofssbm]

Love it love it love it

[99ice11]

I watched this for english and i feel i made a good choice

[MrDdoughnuts]

trying not to troll but the l's are silent in amontillado

[SpokenVerse]

@MrDdoughnuts That's only true if you are speaking Spanish. The way it is pronounced here is the only pronunciation given in the Oxford English dictionary. It's true that there's a modern fashion for pronouncing foreign words like a foreigner, but if that case why not pronounce it like an Italian? This is the traditional English pronunciation.

[robby15243]

bitches be ware, its his game face. 0:10

[AbbyUzumaki18]

like a beautieful poem being told in our own ways

[Tr0llinginthedeep]

I am 14 years old, known as one of the 'scary' or 'goth' kids at school. Reading this in English class right now, and Edgar Allan Poe is one of my favorite authors.

[Shortviking]

Doing it for english class right now ( ;

[emoswagg123]

english homework lol thx

[tashmac91]

Oh hell yes. HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

[TROLLERSDELIGHT]

Lol to the students in High School:

its been six years since I heard this story as a Freshman in English class. Enjoy this awesome story, because no one's going to force you to read great stuff like this later!!

[Chunkypuffs14]

that voice is scaring the crap out of me o.o

[SilverDollarCityGirl]

This voice is going to be haunting my dreams!

Oh well, keeps me from having to read the story myself! :P

[cha5]

I always find it interesting that quite a few of Poe's stories were first published in ladies magazines of the period, kind of like if Cosmopolitan or Ladie's Home Journal had chosen to publish Stephen King's 'Salem's Lot' or 'Carrie' in one of their 1970s issues.

[BlinJe]

@cha5 You're right that's very interesting, and man imagine if that had actually happened.. haha

tbh I'd be just as shocked if something written by someone with even half a brain cell appeared in something like Vogue.

[mindstormsabrewin]

The greatest opening lines to ANY story. Who is YOUR Fortunado?

[dafullclip]

Brilliant. This is exactly how I imagined the murderer to sound like.

[kathen111]

ENGLISH HOMEWORK!

[ladykingel]

in italian it would be llado and not *yado*

[positronicum97]

@ladykingel its a spanish word, but yes thats how it is to be pronounced

[fennyfiona]

For my english subject.. woooshooo.. XD

[nydaimyo]

Amon-tee-ya-doh or  Amon-ta-la-doh?

[darkruler65]

@nydaimyo considering its an italian wine, it should be pronounced amogn tee yah doh

[SpokenVerse]

@darkruler65 I always feel pretentious if I imitate native pronunciation - and get irrationally irritated when I hear other people do it. To avoid this I usually pronouce it Armadillo. But don't just take my word for it - hear the anglicised pronunciation at thefreedictionary dotcom.

[darkruler65]

@SpokenVerse well you know. toe-may-toh toe-mah-toe :DD

i wonder how poe would pronounce it....

[darkruler65]

@nydaimyo @nydaimyo considering its an italian wine, it should be pronounced amohn tee yah doh

[MoveOverCasanova]

dethroned price ? --- well easy, chap ))

[vashrocks4ever]

awesome

[chasingthebluesky]

I loved this

[belisariusorb]

Loved the Basil Rathbone readings but you're the champ

Keep the Poe coming

[sharpasaneraser]

i didn't think price or rathbone could be bettered at phrasing and intonation (of poe), but you have just dethroned them with this singular rendition.

[KnightHawkXIV]

There should be Part 2.....Yes?

[Reznov65]

@KnightHawkXIV no its the beginning

[thedoor123]

@KnightHawkXIV there is, click on the arrow next to the subscribe button, it'll appear to the first part ^_^