ピットと振り子
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.
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3.9/5 · 93 読者 · 33 ページ · ≈ 37 min · 普通
The Pit and the Pendulumを読むのにどれくらいかかりますか？
約≈ 37 min — 33ページ、1ページ約250語・毎分225語として。
The Pit and the Pendulumは何ページですか？
最も読まれている版で33ページ。
The Pit and the Pendulumのジャンルは？
Short Stories, Horror, Fictionの書棚にあります。
The Pit and the Pendulumは映画やドラマになりましたか？
はい — 映像化にはThe Pit and the Pendulum (1991), The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)などがあります。
The Pit and the Pendulumはパブリックドメインですか？
はい — 自由に読んで共有できます。
The Pit and the Pendulumの主な登場人物は？
主な登場人物はFather Timeなど。
The Pit and the Pendulumの舞台はどこですか？
舞台はToledo, Spain。
The Pit and the Pendulumの著者は誰ですか？
Edgar Allan Poe。
The Pit and the Pendulumはどこで無料で読めますか？
パブリックドメインです — Open Libraryで無料で読めます。 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.”