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The Pit and the Pendullum
The narrator is in a dark place, with the stone floor, with wet walls.He thinks that he were in a jail. -
The Pit and the Pendullum
He was exploring the area and found a hole, which turned out to be a pit. It was then that he realized that his torturers wanted him to fall into the pit and die. -
The Pit and the Pendullum
I saw the
pendulum reason. This was how he was going to kill me.
The sharp blade of the pendulum was going to kill me
had the idea to put meat on the rope and have the rats free me. -
The Gold Bug
I met Mr William Legrand years ago, he lived in Sullivan´s island. He was rich but he lost of all her money, he hadn´t family. -
The Gold Bug
He lived with a servant named Jupiter in a small wooden house. -
The Gold Bug
He found a note with a hidden message, which with the help of the fire he was able to descifre. -
The facts in the case of Valdemar
Mr. Valdemar was a scientist, who was ill and wanted to be hypnotized so as not to suffer with his death. -
The facts in the case of Valdemar
Mr. Valdemar was sitting on the bed, he was white and you could see the bones of the skull. I picked up a mirror to see if he was breathing. Mr. Valdemar was breathing but he was weak. -
The facts in the case of Valdemar
His mouth opened and I could see his black tongue, Mr Valdemar did not breathe nor his heart beat. I was surprised because a voice came out but from inside his body, not from his mouth. -
The Fall of the House of Usher
I was riding my horse and decided to go to Usher's strange and dark house. Usher was a friend of mine but we haven't had contact for a long time, but a few weeks ago I received a letter from him. -
The Fall of the House of Usher
In the letter that my friend Roderick Usher sent me since we were little, he told me that it was wrong and that it was getting worse. So I decided to go see him. Once at his house a servant opened the door for me and a room where my friend was. -
The Fall of the House of Usher
My friend was pale and sick, he looked older. I was with him for a few days and on one of them he warned me that his sister was dead. I helped my friend take his sister to a coffin in another room. As the days passed Usher I couldn't sleep, until one day she told me that her dead sister was up the stairs. The white dress was now full of blood. Robert gave a terrible scream and fell to the floor with Madeline. I ran out of that horrible house and looking back the lake water had covered her. -
Down into the Maelström
Before I had read about the Maelstrom and was interested to see it, this appeared near the coasts of Norway. Between two islands there is a narrow place where the sea turns and roots in a great circle. -
Down into the Maelström
I decided to travel to Norway to see the Maelstrom, once there I looked for a guide who would explain the different islands in the area we were in and the movements of the sea. -
Down into the Maelström
We realized that we were in the wrong place when the whirlpool appeared. Our boat gradually sank into it, my brothers sank with it, but I managed to tie myself to a barrel and gradually surfaced. -
The Masque of the red death
A terrible illnes had come to town, the Red Death. No one was safe with her. This disease had already killed half the people on the island. -
The Masque of the red death
Prince Prospero wanted to escape the disease, he called all the courtiers and they got into a castle on top of a mountain. Once inside they closed the entire castle, including doors, windows, and no one could leave or enter from there. -
The Masque of the red death
Prince Prospero had filled the castle with food and there was plenty of wine to drink. Prince wanted everyone to forget about the disease and prepared a mask for fun, they all had to wear a mask. There were 7 rooms of different colors and with different colored glass .The bell of the clock rings twelve times and the guests can see the stranger. The stranger was infected with the disease and wanted the others to die from the disease.
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The Oblong Box
My house is in New York, but years ago, I stayed in Charleston. I decided to travel to my city by boat, the journey took 6 days. -
The Oblong Box
Before leaving the ship they passed us a date and a list with the travelers. From that list I knew Cornelius, we were classmates from the university. News came to me that he had married a beautiful and charming young man.
woman. -
The Oblong Box
I wondered why Cornelius was going to want to travel to Charleston. Charleston was an artist who painted pictures and even bought and sold pictures. Old paintings were worth a
lot of money in New York.