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The Purloined Letter by Edgar Allan Poe · Booklabria

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The Purloined Letter

MysteryShort Stories

The Purloined Letter

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First published: 1931
Editions: 121 in 5 languages

Synopsis

"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 literary annual The Gift for 1845 (1844) and soon was reprinted in numerous journals and newspapers.

Subjects: Mystery
Short Stories
Children's fiction
Monograms
Set in: Paris
Characters: C. Auguste Dupin
Minister D—
Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon

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121 in 5 languages

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English104 Spanish12 French2 Portuguese2 All 5 languages

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