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The gold bug, The purloined letter, and other tales (Eleonora / Gold-Bug / Purloined Letter / Tell-Tale Heart)

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  • 1898 first published
  • 95 pages
  • 2 editions
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Published in 1898, The gold bug, The purloined letter, and other tales (Eleonora / Gold-Bug / Purloined Letter / Tell-Tale Heart) is a gothic fiction and horror novella by Edgar Allan Poe. Much of the action takes place in Paris and Valley of the Many-Colored Grass. Characters include C. Auguste Dupin, Minister D— and Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon. Key subjects include monograms, crime, first-person narrative and Homicide.

It runs to roughly 95 pages — about an hour and a half of reading at an average pace.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Characters

Subjects

  • Mystery and detective stories
  • Monograms
  • American Horror tales
  • Children's fiction
  • Classic Literature
  • Crime
  • Crime fiction
  • Detective and mystery stories
  • First-person narrative
  • Gothic fiction
  • Homicide
  • Horror
  • Horror fiction
  • Horror stories
  • Horror tales
  • Hyperesthesia

Quick answers

Who wrote The gold bug, The purloined letter, and other tales (Eleonora / Gold-Bug / Purloined Letter / Tell-Tale Heart)?

The gold bug, The purloined letter, and other tales (Eleonora / Gold-Bug / Purloined Letter / Tell-Tale Heart) was written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1898.

What genre is The gold bug, The purloined letter, and other tales (Eleonora / Gold-Bug / Purloined Letter / Tell-Tale Heart)?

It is usually shelved as Gothic Fiction and Horror.

How long is The gold bug, The purloined letter, and other tales (Eleonora / Gold-Bug / Purloined Letter / Tell-Tale Heart)?

The median edition has 95 pages, about about an hour and a half of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The gold bug, The purloined letter, and other tales (Eleonora / Gold-Bug / Purloined Letter / Tell-Tale Heart)?

Readers who like it often enjoy The World of Mystery Fiction, Selected English Short Stories (Nineteenth Century) and Le fantôme de l'opéra.

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