Pit and the Pendulum and Other Stories
Edgar Allan Poe
Horror
Pit and the Pendulum and Other Stories
by Edgar Allan Poe
—· 288 p· 1999
Literary Canon20th Century Classicdarktensehauntingmysterious
Overview
About
Judged guilty by the Inquisition, a condemned man is slowly tortured.
Pages
288
Penguin Publishing Group
Linguistic complexity
4/5
Complex
Thematic complexity
4/5
Rich
Rating
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Reader feel
Gothic Atmosphere10
Prose9
Psychological Horror9
Emotional depth8
Narration8
Pacing8
Plot twists7
Worldbuilding4
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