Classics Illustrated #40 [O]
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeA 1947 classic from Gilberton, Classics Illustrated #40 [O] presents Edgar Allan Poe’s chilling tale "The Pit and the Pendulum," adapted by George Washington and illustrated with stark, evocative art by Harley M. Griffiths. The cover, a striking portrait by Henry C. Kiefer, captures the story’s grim atmosphere, while the interior brings Poe’s psychological terror to life through dramatic visuals.
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A victim of the Spanish Inquisition is tortured in a dark room with a razor-sharp pendulum, a water-filled pit, rats, and other devices until liberated when Toledo falls to the French.
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