The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe

The Pit and the Pendulum

Appointment with Fear

Edgar Allan Poe

30 minutes first pub 1842 (editions) user-added

fiction classics horror short stories dark mysterious tense medium-paced
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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 ...

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