"The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge."
It might be the most chilling opening line Poe ever wrote, and it first appeared in an unlikely place: Godey's Magazine and Lady's Book, the popular fashion and family magazine, in November 1846.
Here is Poe's tale of revenge in its original setting: three pages of small, two-column type (pages 216–218), surrounded by the rest of the magazine. Look closely and you'll notice that the rival wine expert Fortunato keeps mentioning is spelled "Luchresi" here. Later editions changed it to "Luchesi."
The ending is just as cold now as it was in 1846: "For the half of a century no mortal has disturbed them. In pace requiescat!"