The Pit and the Pendulum

“The Pit and the Pendulum” is the Edgar Allan Poe gothic short story that continues to fascinate readers with its nightmarish chamber of horrors. This is the original story—only sentence structure and obsolete vocabulary have been updated making Poe’s difficult text easily understood by today’s readers. End notes, interpretation, and discussion of major themes follow the text. Biographical information on Edgar Allan Poe is included. Accelerated Reader AR Quiz No. 7934 EN Fiction IL: UG - BL: 10.1 - AR Pts: 1.0. For other classic short stories in easy to understand updated English search for “Simplified for Modern Readers Series.”