Die Grube und das Pendel
About this book
"The Pit and the Pendulum" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1842 in the literary annual The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1843. The story is about the torments endured by a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition, though Poe skews historical facts. The narrator of the story describes his experience of being tortured. The story is especially effective at inspiring fear in the reader because of its heavy focus on the senses, such as sound, emphasizing its reality, unlike many of Poe's stories which are aided by the supernatural. The traditional elements established in popular horror tales at the time are followed, but critical reception has been mixed. The tale has been adapted to film several times.
Leserprofil
3.9/5 · 93 Leser · 33 Seiten · ≈ 37 min · Mittel
Wie lange dauert das Lesen von The Pit and the Pendulum?
Etwa ≈ 37 min — 33 Seiten, bei rund 250 Wörtern pro Seite und 225 Wörtern pro Minute.
Wie viele Seiten hat The Pit and the Pendulum?
33 Seiten in seiner meistgelesenen Ausgabe.
Welches Genre hat The Pit and the Pendulum?
Es steht in den Regalen Short Stories, Horror, Fiction.
Wurde The Pit and the Pendulum verfilmt oder adaptiert?
Ja — zu den Adaptionen gehören The Pit and the Pendulum (1991), The Pit and the Pendulum (1961).
Ist The Pit and the Pendulum gemeinfrei?
Ja — es ist frei zu lesen und zu teilen.
Wer sind die Hauptfiguren in The Pit and the Pendulum?
Zu den Hauptfiguren gehören Father Time.
Wo spielt The Pit and the Pendulum?
Die Geschichte spielt an Toledo, Spain.
Wer hat The Pit and the Pendulum geschrieben?
Edgar Allan Poe.
Wo kann ich The Pit and the Pendulum kostenlos online lesen?
Es ist gemeinfrei — lies es kostenlos auf Open Library. Open Library
“I WAS sick - sick unto death with that long agony: and when they at length unbound me, and I was permitted to sit, I felt that my senses were leaving me.”