The Pit and the Pendulum

The Pit and the Pendulum

Edgar Allan Poe

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Get set for true terror in one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous short stories. We enter the mind of a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition. The dank prison room is without light and he begins to feel his way around the walls. Later, as a little light enters the room, he discovers two things: a deep and dangerous pit in the centre into which he had almost fallen when he explored the cell blindly, and a scythe-like pendulum suspended from the ceiling which is slowly descending as it swings back and forth with his body as its target. You'll feel his terror. Contents: - The Pit and the Pendulum - The Black Cat - The Tell-Tale Heart - The Premature Burial


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