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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Edgar Allan Poe (Cyclopedia of World Authors)Edgar Allan Poe (Poetry)Edgar Allan Poe (Short Fiction)Edgar Allan Poe (Mystery and Detective Fiction)Edgar Allan Poe (Dictionary of World Biography)Theory of Short Fiction (Topical Overview--Short Fiction)
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