ok. ok. I first read Poe when I was 9. I had gotten bored with my own books, which I knew by heart, so I started swiping my mom's. Her one-shelf collection included A Compendium of Short Stories and Poetry by Edgar Allen Poe. I picked that one first, because everyone said I was too young to understand it, and I wanted to prove them wrong. My favorite story was The Cask of Amontillado.
I didn't understand why the guy wanted revenge, but I loved how he bricked the guy up in a wall.