The Gold-Bug | The Gold-Bug

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Author: Edgar Allan Poe
First Published: 1843
Type of Plot: Mystery and detective
Time of Work: The 1800's
Setting: Sullivan's Island, South Carolina
Principal Characters: William Legrand, The narrator
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

Many years before the story's present, the unnamed narrator of “The Gold-Bug” made friends with William Legrand, a descendant of an old Huguenot family of New Orleans, who now lives in a hut on Sullivan's Island, nine miles from Charleston, South Carolina. Once wealthy, Legrand lost his fortune and now lives a simple life with his Newfoundland dog and one servant, an old black man named Jupiter, a former slave. Well educated, misanthropic, subject to mood swings between enthusiasm and melancholy, Legrand spends his time fishing, exploring the island, and...

The Gold-Bug | The Gold-Bug

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