The pit and the pendulum
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The pit and the pendulum
Language
eng
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Literary Form
fiction
Main title
The pit and the pendulum
Medium
electronic resource
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dictionaries
Series statement
Edgar Allan Poe graphic novels
Summary
First published in a 1842 literary annual The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1843, The Pit and the Pendulum takes place during the Spanish Inquisition and follows the plight of a prisoner in a cell that has a pit and a pendulum. Unlike many of Poe's short stories, The Pit and the Pendulum does not rely on any supernatural elements to inspire fear but instead uses the narrator's heightened sensory experiences to do so
Target audience
adult
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