The Purloined Letter

by Edgar Allan Poe

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 Rogêt. These stories are considered to be important early forerunners of the modern detective story. It first appeared in the literary annual The Gift and was soon reprinted in numerous journals and newspapers.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940148448952
Publisher:	Intelligentsia Publishing
Publication date:	07/15/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	519 KB

About the Author

Edgar Allan Poe was an American author, poet, editor, and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is generally considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre.