The Pit And The Pendulum

Download or read book The Pit and the Pendulum written by Edgar Allan Poe and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2009-06-04 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This selection of Poe's critical writings, short fiction and poetry demonstrates an intense interest in aesthetic issues and the astonishing power and imagination with which he probed the darkest corners of the human mind. The Fall of the House of Usher describes the final hours of a family tormented by tragedy and the legacy of the past. In The Tell Tale Heart, a murderer's insane delusions threaten to betray him, while stories such as The Pit and the Pendulum and The Cask of Amontillado explore extreme states of decadence, fear and hate.

Download or read book The Pit and the Pendulum written by and published by Capstone Classroom. This book was released on 2013 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tale of terror exploring the dizzying highs and horrifying lows of a prisoner sentenced to death.

Download or read book Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe written by Edgar Allan Poe and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-02-16 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new selection for the NEA’s Big Read program A compact selection of Poe’s greatest stories and poems, chosen by the National Endowment for the Arts for their Big Read program. This selection of eleven stories and seven poems contains such famously chilling masterpieces of the storyteller’s art as “The Tell-tale Heart,” “The Fall of the House of Usher,” “The Cask of Amontillado,” and “The Pit and the Pendulum,” and such unforgettable poems as “The Raven,” “The Bells,” and “Annabel Lee.” Poe is widely credited with pioneering the detective story, represented here by “The Purloined Letter,” “The Mystery of Marie Roget,” and “The Murders in the Rue Morgue.” Also included is his essay “The Philosophy of Composition,” in which he lays out his theory of how good writers write, describing how he constructed “The Raven” as an example.

Download or read book Journeys Through Bookland written by Charles Herbert Sylvester and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Poems and Essays written by Edgar Allan Poe and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Poe written by Edgar Allan Poe and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated collection of some of Poe's sinister tales, including "The Black Cat, " "The Fall of the House of Usher, " "The Premature Burial, " and a few of his poems.

Download or read book Visions of Death written by Richard Matheson and published by Visions of Death. This book was released on 2007-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: RICHARD MATHESON'S EDGAR ALLAN SCRIPTS THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM AND THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER WHICH WERE FILMED BY ROGER CORMAN