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This story is classic Poe. Creepy, suspenseful, dark, dreary, damp, and mysterious. If it were much longer it would be too suspenseful to handle.
This work is set in Toledo at the time of the inquisition. The narrator has been found guilty and is going to be tortured. He wakes in a dark place. He avoids falling in the pit and then finds himself tied up with a pendulum dropping down to slowing cut him assunder. The end finds him rescured. This is a look at the reality of torture on the psyche.
This is a short story and it shows why Poe is the father of the Gothic. I was actually nervous while reading this. Poe knows exactly how to keep you interested and exactly how to leave you wanting more. 9/1,001
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