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The Pit and the Pendulum

Audiobook

Edgar Allen Poe is seen today as one of the greatest practitioners of gothic and detective fiction that ever lived, and popular culture is replete with references to him. In "The Pit and the Pendulum," one of his most famous short works, a condemned man is judged guilty by the Spanish Inquisition and sentenced to die. Locked away in a pitch-black cell, he soon discovers a pit in the center of the room, a watery grave at its base. Above him hangs a large, razor-sharp pendulum. As the man is slowly tortured, he must face either the pit or the pendulum.


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Series: Going Public...in Shorts Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Edition: Unabridged

OverDrive Listen audiobook

  • ISBN: 9781481535786
  • File size: 18619 KB
  • Release date: June 10, 2013
  • Duration: 00:38:47

MP3 audiobook

  • ISBN: 9781481535786
  • File size: 18624 KB
  • Release date: December 7, 2013
  • Duration: 00:38:47
  • Number of parts: 1

Formats

OverDrive Listen audiobook
MP3 audiobook

subjects

Fiction Suspense

Languages

English

Levels

Lexile® Measure:1010
Text Difficulty:6-8

Edgar Allen Poe is seen today as one of the greatest practitioners of gothic and detective fiction that ever lived, and popular culture is replete with references to him. In "The Pit and the Pendulum," one of his most famous short works, a condemned man is judged guilty by the Spanish Inquisition and sentenced to die. Locked away in a pitch-black cell, he soon discovers a pit in the center of the room, a watery grave at its base. Above him hangs a large, razor-sharp pendulum. As the man is slowly tortured, he must face either the pit or the pendulum.


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