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Summary

Embark on a heart-pounding journey of survival in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum," where an unnamed narrator finds himself trapped in a nightmarish world of the Spanish Inquisition. Condemned to a ghastly death, he navigates the terrors of a dungeon's darkness, tormented by the threat of a descending, razor-sharp pendulum. Poe's evocative prose draws listeners into the narrator's desperate struggle for escape, painting a vivid picture of fear, suspense, and the triumph of the human spirit in the face of relentless horror.

Duration: 42 minutes (00:42:01)
Publishing date: 2023-11-16; Unabridged; Copyright Year: — Copyright Statment: —

• Contemporary Fiction
• Horror
• Young Readers