The Pit and the Pendulum

The Pit and the Pendulum

56 pages
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Published: 28 Oct 2042
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ISBN: 9780146000119

Format: Paperback

Language: English

Publisher: Penguin

Publication date: 1 September 1995

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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 on the senses, emphasizing its reality, unlike many of Poe's stories which are aided by the supernatural.