The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe

The Pit and the Pendulum

Edgar Allan Poe

56 pages paperback 1842

42 editions

fiction classics horror short stories dark mysterious tense medium-paced
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The Pit and the Pendulum is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe. The story centres around the torments endured by a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition. The story is especially effective at inspiring fear in the reader due to its heavy focus ...

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