Pit and the Pendulum

Product Description<br/><br/><br/>In<br/>The Cask of Amontillado, a man shackles his offender and proceeds to wall him up with stone and mortar. In<br/>The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar, the dying Valdemar is hypnotized and--after death--continues to speak through the trance. A prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition describes his many tortures in<br/>The Pit and the Pendulum.<br/><br/><br/>About the Author<br/><br/><br/>Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) reigned unrivaled in his mastery of mystery. Born in Boston, he was orphaned at age three, expelled from West Point for gambling and became an alcoholic. In 1836 he secretly wed his thirteen-year-old cousin. The Raven, published in 1845, made Poe famous. He died in 1849 under what remain suspicious circumstances.<br/><br/><br/>Basil Rathbone appeared in over eighty films including Captain Blood, The Adventures of Robin Hood, and The Comedy of Terrors, and made thirteen appearances in the tremendously popular Sherlock Holmes series.