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"The Pit and the Pendulum" is a short story by American writer 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.
- United States
- The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1843
- 1842
- Carey & Hart
Read the classic horror story of a man who is condemned to death by the Inquisition and tortured in a pit with a swinging blade. Follow his delirious journey from sentence to escape, and his reflections on the meaning of life and death.
The Pit and the Pendulum [1] (O abismo e o pêndulo ou O poço e o pêndulo, em português) é um conto do escritor estadunidense Edgar Allan Poe. Escrito em 1842, descreve a crueldade dos seres humanos uns com os outros e examina o medo e a desesperança no ponto de vista da morte. A história é contada em primeira pessoa por um ...
July 11, 2021. The Pit and the Pendulum. I was sick — sick unto death with that long agony; and when they at length unbound me, and I was permitted to sit, I felt that my senses were leaving me. The sentence — the dread sentence of death — was the last of distinct accentuation which reached my ears. After that, the sound of the ...
Learn about Poe's short story of a prisoner who faces a gruesome torture device in the Inquisition. Find out how he escapes, who rescues him, and what the story reveals about the narrator's character and the historical context.
A Gothic tale of terror and suspense, The Pit and the Pendulum depicts a prisoner's nightmare in the Inquisition dungeons. The narrator tries to measure his cell, finds a pit, and fears a gruesome death by a swinging blade.
Article History. Poe, Edgar Allan: “The Pit and the Pendulum” Depiction of a scene from “The Pit and the Pendulum” (1843) by Edgar Allan Poe. The Pit and the Pendulum, Gothic horror story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in The Gift (an annual giftbook of occasional verse and stories) in 1843.
