The Pit and the Pendulum
56 pages
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ISBN: 9780146000119
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin
Publication date: 1 September 1995
Description
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.