The Gold Bug
The discovery of a message in code on a shoreline formerly infested with pirates sends William Legrand and his friends on a hunt for buried treasure.
The discovery of a message in code on a shoreline formerly infested with pirates sends William Legrand and his friends on a hunt for buried treasure.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781843911449 (1843911442)
Publish date: April 1st 2007
Publisher: Hesperus Press
Pages no: 124
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Adventure,
Classics,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
American,
Mystery,
19th Century,
Horror,
Short Stories
bookshelves: spring-2012, radio-4x, re-read, shortstory-shortstories-novellas, slaves, adventure, published-1843, gothic, treasure, play-dramatisation Read on May 27, 2012 Couldn't resist re-visiting. This time via R4x:A tale of piracy, slavery and suspense, dramatised by Gregory Evans. Stars Cl...
This was a great short story. I'd heard and seen it in different forms, but reading it was special, and I learned something. I would bet that I could now solve a cryptogram puzzle thanks to the detailed lesson in the book! To add to the entertainment value, I listened to the text to speech Kindle op...
Couldn't resist re-visiting. This time via R4x:A tale of piracy, slavery and suspense, dramatised by Gregory Evans. Stars Clarke Peters, John Sharlan and Rhashan Stone.Superb rendition!
This version is actually a collection of three short stories by Poe: "The Gold Bug", "The Sphinx", and "William Wilson". I enjoyed all three, especially "William Wilson" (which, to me, had the most ominous undertones). "The Gold Bug" was more entertaining (and funny) than I anticipated. I'm familiar...
I can't believe I had never read this.
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