Pit and the Pendulum (eBook)

Poe's Iconic Gothic Horror Story - Fear, Torture, and Survival

Edgar Allan Poe (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
The Library of Alexandria (Verlag)
978-1-80421-990-4 (ISBN)

Infos

What if your only hope for survival was to outwit death itself?In The Pit and the Pendulum, Edgar Allan Poe plunges readers into the claustrophobic nightmare of a man sentenced to death by the Spanish Inquisition. Stripped of identity and sight, he awakens in pitch-black confinement. A yawning pit lies in wait. A razor-sharp pendulum swings ever closer. The walls move. Time dissolves. Terror reigns.This powerful modern translation reimagines Poe's harrowing classic for today's readers, preserving the pulse-pounding tension and dark philosophical themes that have haunted readers for generations.What You'll Discover in This Modern Translation:Relentless Suspense and Claustrophobic Terror - Feel every heartbeat as the walls close in and the pendulum swings.Psychological Horror at Its Best - Witness the disintegration of rationality under torture and despair.Gothic Atmosphere and Existential Dread - Explore the darkness of man's soul when faced with death and the unknown.Poe's Genius Reimagined for Today - A vivid, faithful modern adaptation of one of Poe's most gripping short stories.Can courage overcome cruelty? Can reason survive terror? Step inside and find out.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 23.6.2025
• Übersetzer: Tim Zengerink
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Anthologien
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• ISBN-10: 1-80421-990-8 / 1804219908
• ISBN-13: 978-1-80421-990-4 / 9781804219904