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    <body><![CDATA[Out of 3 short stories I read of his, this is my favorite.  I absolutely loved the underlying tension of the entire story which not only moved it along, but gave a desperate feeling of needing to finish it in one sitting.   The back and forth reasonings of our main character who was debating to give...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39437082">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Available at Open Source Audio (Internet Archive)<br/><br/><em> &quot;The Pit And The Pendulum&quot; was written by Edgar Allan Poe (1842). This recording is narrated by Grant Raymond Barrett.<br/><br/>A man finds himself damned by the Inquisition and is subjected to horrible torture, namely that of...</em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74622925">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[(10-24-09)<br/>This was in our Elements of Literature book... <br/>...<br/>I didn't read it.<br/><br/>(11-8-09) <br/>Uhm, thank God I didn't read this in school. I would have sat there with the horrible look on my face that I have now. Good <em>God!</em> It took me a while to figure out it was during t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72401468">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book scared the crap out of me in 9th grade.   I still carry a mental picture of the pendulum swinging back and forth.  For a book to be able to grasp your imagination and stay with you for years to come (too many years)speaks volumes. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Pretty cool, but I really don't understand how the managed to make a movie out of it. I'd go to the trouble of finding said movie and watching it to find out, but frankly I can't be bothered. The story is good enough for me. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[More like 3 1/2, but I have to admit, that would be a really crappy way to go... ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[3 not because it does not deserve more, but cannot say I really enjoyed it...]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[And so we play games with death, or does death play games with us?]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Very spooky, from the original master of horror!  Highly recommend.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A nice little story about torture.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I think I originally read this short story for school, but maybe I just went on an Edgar Allan Poe kick after reading one or two of his pieces for school.  I think this one is particularly creepy.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[How can you pack so many horrific ways of dying in one rather short story only to have the protagonist live?  It's crazy, creepy, dreadful, and amazing.  Morbidly wonderful!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I love the way this Poe book is written.  I'm so happy the main character didn't die and was freed in the end.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was creepy to read. Maybe cause I saw the movie adaptation years ago and it was scary. Great work. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book in high school.  It was scary but I couldn't put it down.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A great short story, but what the hell was up with that ending?]]></body>
    
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