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The Pit and the Pendulum

by Edgar Allan Poe

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The Pit and the Pendulum

General Lasalle's arrival in "The Pit and the Pendulum" seems like a lucky coincidence, but it is intended to be more allegorical than realistic. The dramatic rescue, marked by apocalyptic imagery...

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