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The Pit and the Pendulum
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Narrator: Chris Lutkin
Unabridged: 43 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Public Domain
Published: 07/25/2017
Category: Young Adult Fiction - Classics
Synopsis
First published in a 1842 literary annual The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1843, The Pit and the Pendulum takes place during the Spanish Inquisition. It follows the plight of an unnamed narrator, kept prisoner in a darkened cell full of unseen dangers. Later, by encouraging rats to chew through his bonds, he barely escapes a hideous death by a descending, razor-sharp pendulum. But his torments do not end there. The story is especially effective for its focus on sensory observations, heightening the realism, in contrast to Poe's more frequent reliance on supernatural phenomena.