The Pit and the Pendulum (Mystery and Imagination)
Edgar Allan Poe
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Description for The Pit and the Pendulum (Mystery and Imagination)
Paperback. The blackness of eternal night encompassed me. The intense darkness oppressed and stifled me so that I struggled for breath. Illustrator(s): Bennett, Felix. Series: Real Reads. Num Pages: 64 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: YFA. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 201 x 137 x 7. Weight in Grams: 146.
Having been condemned to death by the Spanish Inquisition, the narrator descends into a kind of hell. Dizzy with weakness and fainting with fear, he experiences such torments that death itself would be welcome. What troubles him most is the eternal question: how will he die? Toledo Prison is notorious for the torture of the condemned. What minds have dreamed up the terror of the pit in the centre of the cell? What is the significance of the painted figure of Time with his menacing pendulum? Why do the walls glow with heat?Experience with the narrator the intensity of ... Read more
Having been condemned to death by the Spanish Inquisition, the narrator descends into a kind of hell. Dizzy with weakness and fainting with fear, he experiences such torments that death itself would be welcome. What troubles him most is the eternal question: how will he die? Toledo Prison is notorious for the torture of the condemned. What minds have dreamed up the terror of the pit in the centre of the cell? What is the significance of the painted figure of Time with his menacing pendulum? Why do the walls glow with heat?Experience with the narrator the intensity of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Real Reads
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Real Reads
Condition
New
Weight
146g
Number of Pages
64
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781906230807
SKU
V9781906230807
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About Edgar Allan Poe
American writer, critic and editor Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) is famous for his tales and poems of horror and mystery, including The Raven. Felix Bennett grew up in Bradford in northern England, and cut short a maths and astronomy degree at University College, London, in order to spend more time as an illustrator. He trained at Bradford, then at the ... Read more
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