The Pit And The Pendulum
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The Pit And The Pendulum. Title: The Pit And The Pendulum. Number of Pages: 26. Weight: 0.11 lbs. Publication Date: 2018-05-31. Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE ) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title: The Pit And The Pendulum ISBN13: 9781720574903 ISBN10: 1720574901 Author: Poe, Edgar Allan (Author) Description: (This is a RePrint) - The Pit And The Pendulum By Edgar Allan Poe Gothic Horror Classics The Pit And The Pendulum Is A Short Story Written By Edgar Allan Poe And First Published In 1842 In The Literary Annual The Gift: A Christmas And New Year's Present For 1843 The Story Is About The Torments Endured By A Prisoner Of The Spanish Inquisition, Though Poe Skews Historical Facts The Narrator Of The Story Describes His Experience Of Being Tortured The Story Is Especially Effective At Inspiring Fear In The Reader Because Of Its Heavy Focus On The Senses, Such As Sound, Emphasizing Its Reality, Unlike Many Of Poe's Stories Which Are Aided By The Supernatural The Unnamed Narrator Is Brought To Trial Before Sinister Judges Of The Spanish Inquisition Poe Provides No Explanation Of Why He Is There Or Of The Charges On Which He Is Being Tried Before Him Are Seven Tall White Candles On A Table, And, As They Burn Down, His Hopes Of Survival Also Diminish He Is Condemned To Death, Whereupon He Faints And Later Awakens To Find Himself In A Totally Dark Room At First The Prisoner Thinks That He Is Locked In A Tomb, But Then He Discovers That He Is In A Cell He Decides To Explore The Cell By Placing A Scrap Of His Robe Against The Wall So That He Can Count The Paces Around The Room, But He Faints Before He Can Measure The Whole Perimeter Binding: Paperback, Paperback Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Publication Date: 2018-05-31 Weight: 0.11 lbs Dimensions: 0.05'' H x 9.02'' L x 5.98'' W Number of Pages: 26 Language: English
