The Purloined Letter
"The Purloined Letter" is a short story by American author Edgar Allan Poe. It is the third of his three detective stories featuring the fictional C. Auguste Dupin, the other two being "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and "The Mystery of Marie Rogêt". These stories are considered to be important...
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"The Purloined Letter" is a short story by American author Edgar Allan Poe. It is the third of his three detective stories featuring the fictional C. Auguste Dupin, the other two being "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and "The Mystery of Marie Rogêt". These stories are considered to be important early forerunners of the modern detective story. It first appeared in The Gift for 1845 (1844) and was soon reprinted in numerous journals and newspapers.
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Format: ebook
Publisher: Feedbooks
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
American,
Mystery,
Detective,
19th Century,
Crime,
Horror,
Short Stories
Series: C. Auguste Dupin (#3)
It was good. But I've read better detectives
Definitely the best of Poe's Dupin mysteries.
"Perhaps it is the very simplicity of the thing which puts you at fault."Compared to the works of Arthur Conan Doyle, this was one I knew I couldn't possibly miss. I could see some similarities, but naturally, Sherlock was sorely missed. In his place, Poe's writing was an adequate replacement. The s...
At Paris, just after dark one gusty evening in the autumn of 18--, I was enjoying the twofold luxury of meditation and meerschaum in company with my friend, C. Auguste Dupin, in his little back library, or book-closet, au troisième, No. 33 Rue Dunot, Faubourg St. Germain.
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