The Gold-Bug (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Edgar Allan Poe
- First Published: 1843
- Type of Work: Short fiction
- Type of Plot: Detective and mystery
- Time of Work: Early nineteenth century
- Setting: South Carolina
- Genres: Short fiction, Mystery and detective literature
- Subjects: South or Southerners, Nineteenth century, Islands, Mysteries, Adventure, Discoveries, Insects, Treasure, Gold work or goldsmiths, Ciphers or code names, Logic, Puzzles
- Locales: South Carolina
Characters Discussed
The Narrator, who relates the story of William Legrand’s discovery of Captain Kidd’s treasure. He fears for a time that his friend is going out of his mind because of Legrand’s peculiar behavior when he finds a piece of parchment that eventually leads him to a fortune of more than a million and a half dollars in gold and jewels.
William Legrand, a young man of good family from New Orleans who has taken up residence in a hut on Sullivan’s Island, near Charleston, South Carolina, because his family fortune is gone. He spends his time fishing,...
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