The Pit and the Pendulum (Tale Blazers: American Literature) - Softcover
Presents an unabridged selection from the story about a victim of the Spanish Inquisition who is imprisoned in a dark pit where a gradually lowering blade swings closer to him with each pass.
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About the Author:
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849). Born in Boston to parents who were itinerant actors. At the age of two he was taken into the care of a wealthy tobacco exporter, John Allan, from whom the author took his middle name. His first collection of stories, Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque was published in 1840 and contains some of his most famous works.
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- PublisherPerfection Learning
- Publication date1979
- ISBN 10 0895987511
- ISBN 13 9780895987518
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages49
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