The Gold-Bug (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
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
- Principal Characters: The Narrator, William Legrand, Jupiter
- 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
The Story:
William Legrand has been reduced to poverty by a series of misfortunes. In order to avoid the embarrassment of meeting friends from his more prosperous days, he left New Orleans and went to live on Sullivan’s Island, near Charleston, South Carolina. It was a small island, usually uninhabited except for Legrand and his black servant, Jupiter. Jupiter would not leave his master, even though he was a free man and could have found work to support himself in comfort.
Winters on the island were mild and fires were usually unnecessary, but on a night in October...
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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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