| The Purloined Letter Contributor(s): Poe, Edgar Allan (Author) |
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ISBN: 6057861515 ISBN-13: 9786057861511 Publisher: E-Kitap Projesi & Cheapest Books OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1844 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Legal - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) |
| Physical Information: 0.09" H x 5.25" W x 8" (0.12 lbs) 38 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 7936 Reading Level: 10.4 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 2.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Purloined Letter Edgar Allan Poe 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 Roget." The unnamed narrator is discussing with the famous Parisian amateur detective C. Auguste Dupin some of his most celebrated cases when they are joined by the Prefect of the Police, a man known as G-. The Prefect has a case he would like to discuss with Dupin. A letter has been stolen from the boudoir of an unnamed woman by the unscrupulous Minister D-. It is said to contain compromising information. D- was in the room, saw the letter, and switched it for a letter of no importance. He has been blackmailing his victim. |
Contributor Bio(s): Poe, Edgar Allan: - Edgar Allan Poe was an American poet, short story writer, playwright, editor, critic, essayist and one of the leaders of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of the macabre and mystery, Poe was one of the early American practitioners of the short story and a progenitor of detective fiction and crime fiction. He is also credited with contributing to the emergent science fiction genre.Poe died at the age of 40. The cause of his death is undetermined and has been attributed to alcohol, drugs, cholera, rabies, suicide (although likely to be mistaken with his suicide attempt in the previous year), tuberculosis, heart disease, brain congestion and other agents. Other Books of Author: -The Tell-Tale Heart (1843) -The Raven (1845) -The Fall of the House of Usher (1839) -The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1841) -The Pit and the Pendulum (1842) -Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque (1840) -The Cask of Amontillado (1846) -The Masque of the Red Death (1842) -The Purloined Letter (1844) -A Descent into the Maelström (1841) |