Overview
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 Rogèt." These stories are considered to be important early forerunners of the modern detective story. It first appeared in The Gift for 1845 (1844) and was soon reprinted in numerous journals and newspapers.
- | Author: Edgar Allen Poe, Paula Benitez
- | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- | Publication Date: Jan 16, 2017
- | Number of Pages: 28 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1542576458
- | ISBN-13: 9781542576451
