Home / Guided Primary Source Analyses / Featured Source: The Pit and the Pendulum Guided Primary Source Analyses Featured Source: The Pit and the Pendulum November 11, 2011March 15, 2020 "The pit and the pendulum." Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann, Puck Building, 1909 May 26. Summary: Illustration shows a man labeled "Consumer" tied to a bed with cords labeled "Graft Tariff", watches as a pendulum labeled "Cost of Living" with a sharp blade afixed to the bottom swings over his body, coming closer to cutting him in half.