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- Author
- Edgar Allan Poe
- Publisher
- Independently Published
- Pages
- 54
- Series
- Biblioteca de Babel -- 18
- Readers
- 4.4★ (5)
The Purloined Letter
1931 · Book · Edgar Allan Poe
FictionMystery and detective storiesmonogramsChildren's fictionC. Auguste Dupin (Fictitious character)American literature
"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. by Edgar Allan Poe