The Pit and the Pendulum and Other Stories (Black Cat / Pit and the Pendulum / Premature Burial / Tell-Tale Heart)
The Pit and the Pendulum and Other Stories (Black Cat / Pit and the Pendulum / Premature Burial / Tell-Tale Heart) is a 1995 gothic fiction and horror story collection by Edgar Allan Poe. The story is set in United States and Toledo. Characters include Father Time. Readers will find themes of crime, first-person narrative, Homicide and Hyperesthesia.
Open Library readers give it an average of 4.5 out of 5 from 8 ratings, and 13 more have it on their want-to-read list.
At about 60 pages, most readers finish it in about an hour.
About The Pit and the Pendulum and Other Stories (Black Cat / Pit and the Pendulum / Premature Burial / Tell-Tale Heart)
[Black Cat](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41068W) Pit and the Pendulum [Premature Burial](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL24583029W) [Tell-tale Heart](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41059W)
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Who wrote The Pit and the Pendulum and Other Stories (Black Cat / Pit and the Pendulum / Premature Burial / Tell-Tale Heart)?
The Pit and the Pendulum and Other Stories (Black Cat / Pit and the Pendulum / Premature Burial / Tell-Tale Heart) was written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1995.
What genre is The Pit and the Pendulum and Other Stories (Black Cat / Pit and the Pendulum / Premature Burial / Tell-Tale Heart)?
It is usually shelved as Gothic Fiction and Horror.
How long is The Pit and the Pendulum and Other Stories (Black Cat / Pit and the Pendulum / Premature Burial / Tell-Tale Heart)?
The median edition has 60 pages, about about an hour of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to The Pit and the Pendulum and Other Stories (Black Cat / Pit and the Pendulum / Premature Burial / Tell-Tale Heart)?
Readers who like it often enjoy The Best Horror Stories, Wolf's Complete Book of Terror and American Psycho.
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