The Pit and the Pendulum and Other Stories
von Edgar Allan Poe
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.Librarian's note: this entry is for the short story, "The Pit and the Pendulum." Collections of the author's stories, including the one in which this story is the title work, "The Pit and the Pendulum and Other Stories," can be found elsewhere in Goodreads.
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The Pit and the Pendulum and Other Stories
von Edgar Allan Poe
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.Librarian's note: this entry is for the short story, "The Pit and the Pendulum." Collections of the author's stories, including the one in which this story is the title work, "The Pit and the Pendulum and Other Stories," can be found elsewhere in Goodreads.
Aktuelle Rezensionen(2)
Rezension von Fanni DunaiA spanyol inkvizícióban foglyul esett férfi kínszenvedésétől szól. Egy nagyon pici cellàban van, amelynek közepén egy gödör van, melynek mélyéről kénes szag es fény árad. A cellában vak sötét, miközben próbálja körbejárni a cellát, majdnem beleesik, de még idejében megbotlik és felfedezi a gödröt... ezután kikötözik és egy inga lengedezik fölötte, melynek egy igen éles penge van a végén. Addig addig, míg sikerül olyan közel engednie magához az ingát, hogy csak a köteleket vágja el, kiszabadul, ám most a falak kezdenek összeszűkülni, hogy a gödörbe tolják... ám az utolsó pillanatban megérkezik a felmentő sereg és kimenekítik...
Rezension von RaymondThe Pit and the Pendulum is easily one of my favorite Poe story’s. Set during the time of the Spanish Inquisition, it’s descriptive narrative lends weight to the tale. One can almost feel oneself beside the unnamed narrator facing the terror of the pit and feeling the breeze from the pendulum as it swings closer and closer.