The Pit and the Pendulum
Poe, Edgar Allan
Published: 1842
Categorie(s): Fiction, Horror, Short Stories
About Poe:
Edgar
Allan Poe was an American poet, short story
writer, playwright, editor, critic, essayist and one
of the leaders of the American Romantic
Movement. Best known for his tales of the macabre and mystery, Poe was one
of the early American practitioners of the short story and a pro- genitor of detective fiction
and
crime
fiction.
He
is also credited with contributing to the emergent science fiction genre.Poe died at the age of
40. The cause
of his death is undetermined and has been attributed to al- cohol, drugs, cholera, rabies, suicide (although likely to be mistaken with his suicide attempt
in the previous
year),
tuberculosis, heart disease, brain congestion and other agents. Source: Wikipedia