Please read Capitães da Areia of Jorge Amado, it's a Brazilian book. I think that you will like this. So the book talk about kids who don't has good opportunity and make bad choices, but more than this, the book talk about humanity and how all history have two side. You have to try.
Xerez (Sherry) is a type of Spanish wine and there are a few styles of it that are dry: fino, Manzanilla, oloroso, palo cortado, and Amontillado. The difference between them is about the sort of aging processes they go through: the biological one (time in contact with the yeast), or the oxidative one (time in contact with O2), or both. Each type of process gives the wine different aromas: the one with more oxidation will have more body and aromas of toffee, leather, spices and nuts; on the other hand, the "yeast" ones will have a lighter color and body, and aromas of citric fruit, almond, herbs, and even olives (try Manzanilla for that ;). So, Amontillado is a type of Xerez that first goes through a biological aging process and then through an oxidation (in a system called Solera). Between those two, the yeast is killed by adding more alcohol to the wine. So you have a some of both styles in the same bottle
My older sister read this story to me when I was eight or nine, and I remember it leaving quite an impression. “For the love of God, Montresor!” became a catchphrase of mine. I remember I would howl it at school whenever I experience the slightest inconvenience. It was a Catholic elementary school and we were taught by nuns, suffice it to say they didn't appreciate a little girl using the Lord's name in vain.
I sort of envy the protagonist because I don't have family catacombs to lure frenemies to. However that's the only Poe's protagonist to envy because nothing fun ever happens to anybody else in his stories (unless you consider premature burials and dying spouses fun). Have you read The Masque of Red Death? I rediscovered it recently and was impressed by how relevant the story is today. He was a truly brilliant writer.
Hello. When I was in Junior High school one of my English teachers, a proper British woman, played for us the Cask, on a record, I still remember that day, because of the narrator of the audio presentation was very good to hit all the right points well. Hearing the story narrated was just as good as reading the short story itself.
I remember reading this in high school and thinking that it was like the most stone cold thing I'd ever read. Definitely one of Poe's best, especially that ending. My personal favorite though will always be Ligeia, because it contains Poe's greatest poem and my second favorite poem of all time. :)
“The Reason for the Darkness of the Night: Edgar Allan Poe and the forging of American Science” by John Tresch is an interesting bio of Poe with surprising info on his fame as a writer and lecturer on science.
Ooooh thanks so much for doing this one. It's the story that I think started it all for me - my obsession with the Gothic, with horror, with literature in general. My dad used to quote the first few lines to me when I was very little and I loved it. Reading the story I did get an air of humour from it, but at the time wasn't able to pick out instances as you have done here. Also appreciate the acting!! Love, big fan from UK xxx
Found you from your review of Story of the Eye. Read it in college and it was so obscure I went looking for others who have read it. Good to see you’re still uploading, and eyyy I’m also a fan of Poe too👌🏻
You have to read Capitães da Areia of Jorge Amado. It's a Brazilian book, and I saw your reviews about Brazilian books, and for me Capitães da Areia is so incredible that you will love it too.
I read this short story in my high school English class. It was one of the few things we read that year that I had not read and I reread it before I was supposed to about two times because I was so fascinated by it. Probably my favorite Poe story.
1 Fine narrated version of Cask just released at *Edward E French* channel. [Best American narrator currently working] 2 Alan Parsons released an entire album of musical transmutations of Poe titled *Tales of Mystery and Imagination* including a rendering of Cask. (Easily found on UA-cam) 3 If interested in Poe the man, and would like to see a side of his mind not frequently seen, see his literary criticism, found at (collections of) Southern Literary Messenger . -you will have to dig for this because it is ~slightly arcane, but it can be found. [Digging for things should prove no obstacle to admirers of Poe] Enjoy.]
Poe: A Life Cut Short, by Peter Ackroyd. I'd highly recommend this biography. It's concise, and also funny in a dark way, as was his life, too. Greetings from Finland
Great review! One pronunciation tip: So, Luchesi is pronounced 'Lookezi', why? Spanish C: Standard: Pronounced like English 'k'. Before E, I: Pronounced like English 's' or 'th' (in Spain) If you want a 'k' sound before E or I, then you write QU, like in que. Italian C: Standard: Pronounced like English 'k' (same as Spanish) Before E, I: Pronounced like English 'ch' If you want a 'k' sound before E or I, then you write CH, like in che (same word as Spanish que). This is because Italian already pronounces QU like 'kw', so it can't be used for the same purpose as in Spanish. Instead, they use 'h' to turn C and G into their standard pronunciation before E and I. So if you wanted to specify your pronunciation of 'gif', you could do so in Italian by either writing 'gif' or 'ghif'.
I remember reading this at 10 and being like really weirdly into it. I really liked the macabre as a kid especially the monster movies from the 1940s and 1950s, and this story reminded me a lot of that.
Thank you for a great review of what might be my single favorite short story! Poe actually did write one novel, “The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym,” which I seem to like more than most. It’s imperfect, but fascinatingly so, and a little over half of it is pure, gruesome, high-seas adventure.
I was so glad I saw your comment! I went right to my library app to see if they had a copy of the book you mentioned. Better than a copy of the book, they had the audio version! It was available and I checked it out. Can’t wait to start listening to this story.
a question/note about the Sherry / amontillado distinction. Especially when dealing with a story from the 19th century that perhaps is even set in an earlier time period, is it appropriate to assume that these names are not more specifically referring to the geographical origin of the wine? Sherry referring to Jerez and Amontillado referring to Montilla. especially when in earlier times the unique fermentation process of Amontillado was possibly only practiced in Montilla? Its 200km from Jerez …. just an idea
I love Poe, but confess I couldn’t make it through Eureka. Have you read it? Great video, BTF. I live near the wine country in CA, and watching you quaff that Cabernet (or whatever it was) made me want to get sloshed in the middle of the week. A lot of doctors, when given just the symptoms of Poe without knowing his identity, made the diagnosis of rabies. Another theory is that he was changing clothes to masquerade as a different person to help stuff the ballot box in a local election, for which he, and others, would be paid in drink each time they cast another vote
We have similar tastes, so I may be biased here, but you should totally review that wine book. I am quite sure it would be much appreciated by many here 🍷📚
Hello. I was reading about the Feeemasonry. And the literal meaning comes from the French term maçon (masonry). The idea could be that God or some superior entity or an idea is the architect and the freemasons are the workers of that masonry. And That's why there's a square and a compass. Maybe Poe is playing with words. He is a maçon, a construction worker, no a freemason. Maybe...
Hi, i'm brazilian. I liked your critique on Machado, he is definetly the most influent and important writer here, but it would be very interesting if you read Graciliano Ramos in order to get deeper into our literaturr. The man is a genius, best brazilian writer in the XX century
Also, there is Guimarães Rosa. He knew to read more than 20 languages and was a master on the portuguese one to the point he could mix popular expressions and languages to high-level writing, he developed his own way of prose and used to create new expressions, neologisms, with his masterpiece being "Grande Sertão: Veredas". It's hard even for a portuguese native speaker to fully comprehend his books, due to its complexity.
Haven't read Poe yet, so will postpone watching the video. Great channel, I started to follow it after I've watched your review of one of Umberto Eco books. The Name of Rose, I think. The book I loved a lot, though it took some work and preparation to finish reading it.
Could be false. I heard that at the time of Poe’s death there was an election and it was a common practice to have political goons give voters alcohol if they voted for their politician. The theory is he being a lush he kept voting and they would change his clothes… believable as consumption and drunkardness is a deadly mix.
Hey, have you ever read a book by José Saramago? Here's an author more fantastic than Poe, in a good way. Read The Gospel according to Jesus Christ. It is of incredible poetry and human depth.
You have to read Capitães da Areia of Jorge Amado. It's a Brazilian book, and I saw your reviews about Brazilian books, and for me Capitães da Areia is so incredible that you will love it too.
You have to read Capitães da Areia of Jorge Amado. It's a Brazilian book, and I saw your reviews about Brazilian books, and for me Capitães da Areia is so incredible that you will love it too.
You have to read Capitães da Areia of Jorge Amado. It's a Brazilian book, and I saw your reviews about Brazilian books, and for me Capitães da Areia is so incredible that you will love it too.
You have to read Capitães da Areia of Jorge Amado. It's a Brazilian book, and I saw your reviews about Brazilian books, and for me Capitães da Areia is so incredible that you will love it too.
You have to read Capitães da Areia of Jorge Amado. It's a Brazilian book, and I saw your reviews about Brazilian books, and for me Capitães da Areia is so incredible that you will love it too.
You have to read Capitães da Areia of Jorge Amado. It's a Brazilian book, and I saw your reviews about Brazilian books, and for me Capitães da Areia is so incredible that you will love it too.
You have to read Capitães da Areia of Jorge Amado. It's a Brazilian book, and I saw your reviews about Brazilian books, and for me Capitães da Areia is so incredible that you will love it too.
You have to read Capitães da Areia of Jorge Amado. It's a Brazilian book, and I saw your reviews about Brazilian books, and for me Capitães da Areia is so incredible that you will love it too.
You have to read Capitães da Areia of Jorge Amado. It's a Brazilian book, and I saw your reviews about Brazilian books, and for me Capitães da Areia is so incredible that you will love it too.
You have to read Capitães da Areia of Jorge Amado. It's a Brazilian book, and I saw your reviews about Brazilian books, and for me Capitães da Areia is so incredible that you will love it too.
You have to read Capitães da Areia of Jorge Amado. It's a Brazilian book, and I saw your reviews about Brazilian books, and for me Capitães da Areia is so incredible that you will love it too.
You have to read Capitães da Areia of Jorge Amado. It's a Brazilian book, and I saw your reviews about Brazilian books, and for me Capitães da Areia is so incredible that you will love it too.
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Please read Capitães da Areia of Jorge Amado, it's a Brazilian book. I think that you will like this. So the book talk about kids who don't has good opportunity and make bad choices, but more than this, the book talk about humanity and how all history have two side. You have to try.
Xerez (Sherry) is a type of Spanish wine and there are a few styles of it that are dry: fino, Manzanilla, oloroso, palo cortado, and Amontillado. The difference between them is about the sort of aging processes they go through: the biological one (time in contact with the yeast), or the oxidative one (time in contact with O2), or both. Each type of process gives the wine different aromas: the one with more oxidation will have more body and aromas of toffee, leather, spices and nuts; on the other hand, the "yeast" ones will have a lighter color and body, and aromas of citric fruit, almond, herbs, and even olives (try Manzanilla for that ;). So, Amontillado is a type of Xerez that first goes through a biological aging process and then through an oxidation (in a system called Solera). Between those two, the yeast is killed by adding more alcohol to the wine. So you have a some of both styles in the same bottle
The amontillado bits really improved my mood. I want you to know that
My older sister read this story to me when I was eight or nine, and I remember it leaving quite an impression. “For the love of God, Montresor!” became a catchphrase of mine. I remember I would howl it at school whenever I experience the slightest inconvenience. It was a Catholic elementary school and we were taught by nuns, suffice it to say they didn't appreciate a little girl using the Lord's name in vain.
Too good 😂😂😂
I sort of envy the protagonist because I don't have family catacombs to lure frenemies to. However that's the only Poe's protagonist to envy because nothing fun ever happens to anybody else in his stories (unless you consider premature burials and dying spouses fun). Have you read The Masque of Red Death? I rediscovered it recently and was impressed by how relevant the story is today. He was a truly brilliant writer.
hahaha! I can relate to your first sentence.
He did write one novel: The Narrative of A. Gordon Pym of Nantucket.
And began a second, The Journals of Julius Rodman, which he abandoned.
Supposed to be the 1st Detective novel...
Hello. When I was in Junior High school one of my English teachers, a proper British woman, played for us the Cask, on a record, I still remember that day, because of the narrator of the audio presentation was very good to hit all the right points well. Hearing the story narrated was just as good as reading the short story itself.
I remember reading this in high school and thinking that it was like the most stone cold thing I'd ever read. Definitely one of Poe's best, especially that ending. My personal favorite though will always be Ligeia, because it contains Poe's greatest poem and my second favorite poem of all time. :)
What's the first?
@@pedroalonso1359 My favorite poem is "A Buffalo Skull", by Ted Kooser. Check it out if you haven't heard of it. Really great poem!
“The Reason for the Darkness of the Night: Edgar Allan Poe and the forging of American Science” by John Tresch is an interesting bio of Poe with surprising info on his fame as a writer and lecturer on science.
Cortázar translated the complete works of Poe to Spanish, man, that's some connection hahahaha
Ooooh thanks so much for doing this one. It's the story that I think started it all for me - my obsession with the Gothic, with horror, with literature in general. My dad used to quote the first few lines to me when I was very little and I loved it. Reading the story I did get an air of humour from it, but at the time wasn't able to pick out instances as you have done here. Also appreciate the acting!! Love, big fan from UK xxx
7th grade reading A Tell Tale Heart for english class was when I first realized school might assign something really good to read.
Found you from your review of Story of the Eye. Read it in college and it was so obscure I went looking for others who have read it. Good to see you’re still uploading, and eyyy I’m also a fan of Poe too👌🏻
You have to read Capitães da Areia of Jorge Amado. It's a Brazilian book, and I saw your reviews about Brazilian books, and for me Capitães da Areia is so incredible that you will love it too.
I read this short story in my high school English class. It was one of the few things we read that year that I had not read and I reread it before I was supposed to about two times because I was so fascinated by it. Probably my favorite Poe story.
1
Fine narrated version of Cask just released at *Edward E French* channel.
[Best American narrator currently working]
2
Alan Parsons released an entire album of musical transmutations of Poe titled
*Tales of Mystery and Imagination*
including a rendering of Cask.
(Easily found on UA-cam)
3
If interested in Poe the man, and would like to see a side of his mind not frequently seen, see his literary criticism, found at (collections of) Southern Literary Messenger .
-you will have to dig for this because it is ~slightly arcane, but it can be found.
[Digging for things should prove no obstacle to admirers of Poe]
Enjoy.]
Poe: A Life Cut Short, by Peter Ackroyd.
I'd highly recommend this biography. It's concise, and also funny in a dark way, as was his life, too.
Greetings from Finland
Love your channel!!
If you're interested in other authors who translated Poe's work, Julio Cortázar is the one who set the standard for spanish translations.
Greetings from Brasil! I love your channel very much and I would really love a video about Don Quixote, by Cervantes. My favorite book ever!
Oh hell yeah! More Poe! By the way. Have you tried checking out his sci-fi works? Or his only novel?
Great review!
One pronunciation tip:
So, Luchesi is pronounced 'Lookezi', why?
Spanish C:
Standard: Pronounced like English 'k'.
Before E, I: Pronounced like English 's' or 'th' (in Spain)
If you want a 'k' sound before E or I, then you write QU, like in que.
Italian C:
Standard: Pronounced like English 'k' (same as Spanish)
Before E, I: Pronounced like English 'ch'
If you want a 'k' sound before E or I, then you write CH, like in che (same word as Spanish que).
This is because Italian already pronounces QU like 'kw', so it can't be used for the same purpose as in Spanish. Instead, they use 'h' to turn C and G into their standard pronunciation before E and I. So if you wanted to specify your pronunciation of 'gif', you could do so in Italian by either writing 'gif' or 'ghif'.
I would swear I was having flashes of Hunter S. Thompson. I must be losing my mind.
you mean craziness? with overtones of extreme personal danger?
I remember reading this at 10 and being like really weirdly into it. I really liked the macabre as a kid especially the monster movies from the 1940s and 1950s, and this story reminded me a lot of that.
Thank you for a great review of what might be my single favorite short story!
Poe actually did write one novel, “The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym,” which I seem to like more than most. It’s imperfect, but fascinatingly so, and a little over half of it is pure, gruesome, high-seas adventure.
I was so glad I saw your comment! I went right to my library app to see if they had a copy of the book you mentioned. Better than a copy of the book, they had the audio version! It was available and I checked it out. Can’t wait to start listening to this story.
Already starting out solid with the clip of Cliff in a mask sipping wine lmao I live
That thumb nail will haunt my dreams for many months to come.
Oh, this video reminded me i have a bottle of Ginja liqueur...I'll have to do something about that.
Good review! Speaking of Poe, there's a podcast on UA-cam (I'm not part of it) called Chrononauts podcast. They have stuff on Poe, and it's great!
a question/note about the Sherry / amontillado distinction. Especially when dealing with a story from the 19th century that perhaps is even set in an earlier time period, is it appropriate to assume that these names are not more specifically referring to the geographical origin of the wine? Sherry referring to Jerez and Amontillado referring to Montilla. especially when in earlier times the unique fermentation process of Amontillado was possibly only practiced in Montilla? Its 200km from Jerez …. just an idea
I don't know if I've ever read it, but I've definitely heard it as a radio play several times.
I love Poe, but confess I couldn’t make it through Eureka. Have you read it? Great video, BTF. I live near the wine country in CA, and watching you quaff that Cabernet (or whatever it was) made me want to get sloshed in the middle of the week. A lot of doctors, when given just the symptoms of Poe without knowing his identity, made the diagnosis of rabies. Another theory is that he was changing clothes to masquerade as a different person to help stuff the ballot box in a local election, for which he, and others, would be paid in drink each time they cast another vote
Cliff goes full trad 2022 monocle,goatee,pipe and pocket-watch
Damnit! Nobody told me about a masquerade ball.
Nice video editing work guy.
Loved First Blush's SYRAH juice. Just grape juice. No alcohol. But it didn't last. P.S. LOVE the mask.
I'm not even a wine drinker but this video makes me want to sit down with a glass of vinho verde and a good book.
We need another Nabakov review, maybe Pale Fire
That mask looks good on you, Fortunato!
The story may be better than food, but is it better than drink? A certain drink, specifically ;)
I'd be interested in a wine video. I enjoyed your coffee one and i enjoy wine more than i do coffee
I can still picture and feel the terror of the ending of this story like 15 years after reading it.
We have similar tastes, so I may be biased here, but you should totally review that wine book. I am quite sure it would be much appreciated by many here 🍷📚
Cliff, you have to read Charles Robert Maturin 19th century gothic novel, "Melmoth, The Wanderer", if you haven't yet.
Have you read Kafka Was the Rage by Anatole Broyard? It's one of David Bowie's top 100 books
Yeah he did, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pymm of Nantucket. Should review it smts.
Very interested in reading some Poe now. You should make a video on books that have influenced your sense of humour.
Review the book "Six Maladies of the Contemporary Spirit" written by the Romanian philosopher Constantin Noica!
Hello. I was reading about the Feeemasonry. And the literal meaning comes from the French term maçon (masonry). The idea could be that God or some superior entity or an idea is the architect and the freemasons are the workers of that masonry.
And That's why there's a square and a compass.
Maybe Poe is playing with words. He is a maçon, a construction worker, no a freemason.
Maybe...
Please read Capitães da Areia of Jorge Amado (it's a Brazilian book)
Hi, i'm brazilian. I liked your critique on Machado, he is definetly the most influent and important writer here, but it would be very interesting if you read Graciliano Ramos in order to get deeper into our literaturr. The man is a genius, best brazilian writer in the XX century
Also, there is Guimarães Rosa. He knew to read more than 20 languages and was a master on the portuguese one to the point he could mix popular expressions and languages to high-level writing, he developed his own way of prose and used to create new expressions, neologisms, with his masterpiece being "Grande Sertão: Veredas".
It's hard even for a portuguese native speaker to fully comprehend his books, due to its complexity.
If you liked Lispector, Rosa's prose is somehow similar to hers, they were in the same aesthetical movement
You really applied your funny vein on this episode, amazingly done
Easily my favorite story by Poe
Greetings from Spain. Have you considered doing a review on Nick Land's work? He was pretty much influenced by Bataille.
love me some wine and poe
Idk if it’s an act but the tipsy reviews are great I need more lol
This Particular Review is an Example of how my ADHD works... loved it though
You should probably read Usher II by Ray Bradbury after this
Haven't read Poe yet, so will postpone watching the video. Great channel, I started to follow it after I've watched your review of one of Umberto Eco books. The Name of Rose, I think. The book I loved a lot, though it took some work and preparation to finish reading it.
Greetings form Portugal!
Good amontillado is expensive. And that's a shame.
Im pretty sure poe got kicked out of westpoint for writing poems that made fun of his superior officers!
Mui bom!! Cheers!!
You're the Charles Baudelaire of America.
Could be false. I heard that at the time of Poe’s death there was an election and it was a common practice to have political goons give voters alcohol if they voted for their politician. The theory is he being a lush he kept voting and they would change his clothes… believable as consumption and drunkardness is a deadly mix.
I felt drunk watching this
Hey, have you ever read a book by José Saramago? Here's an author more fantastic than Poe, in a good way. Read The Gospel according to Jesus Christ. It is of incredible poetry and human depth.
Poe is a writer who reads better in French.
You have to read Capitães da Areia of Jorge Amado. It's a Brazilian book, and I saw your reviews about Brazilian books, and for me Capitães da Areia is so incredible that you will love it too.
You have to read Capitães da Areia of Jorge Amado. It's a Brazilian book, and I saw your reviews about Brazilian books, and for me Capitães da Areia is so incredible that you will love it too.
You have to read Capitães da Areia of Jorge Amado. It's a Brazilian book, and I saw your reviews about Brazilian books, and for me Capitães da Areia is so incredible that you will love it too.
You have to read Capitães da Areia of Jorge Amado. It's a Brazilian book, and I saw your reviews about Brazilian books, and for me Capitães da Areia is so incredible that you will love it too.
You have to read Capitães da Areia of Jorge Amado. It's a Brazilian book, and I saw your reviews about Brazilian books, and for me Capitães da Areia is so incredible that you will love it too.
You have to read Capitães da Areia of Jorge Amado. It's a Brazilian book, and I saw your reviews about Brazilian books, and for me Capitães da Areia is so incredible that you will love it too.
You have to read Capitães da Areia of Jorge Amado. It's a Brazilian book, and I saw your reviews about Brazilian books, and for me Capitães da Areia is so incredible that you will love it too.
You have to read Capitães da Areia of Jorge Amado. It's a Brazilian book, and I saw your reviews about Brazilian books, and for me Capitães da Areia is so incredible that you will love it too.
You have to read Capitães da Areia of Jorge Amado. It's a Brazilian book, and I saw your reviews about Brazilian books, and for me Capitães da Areia is so incredible that you will love it too.
You have to read Capitães da Areia of Jorge Amado. It's a Brazilian book, and I saw your reviews about Brazilian books, and for me Capitães da Areia is so incredible that you will love it too.
You have to read Capitães da Areia of Jorge Amado. It's a Brazilian book, and I saw your reviews about Brazilian books, and for me Capitães da Areia is so incredible that you will love it too.
You have to read Capitães da Areia of Jorge Amado. It's a Brazilian book, and I saw your reviews about Brazilian books, and for me Capitães da Areia is so incredible that you will love it too.