| Publisher |
Read Books |
| Publication Year |
2012 |
| ISBN-13 |
9781447465980 |
| ISBN-10 |
9781447465980 |
| Binding |
Paperback |
| Number of Pages |
36 Pages |
| Language |
(English) |
| Weight (grms) |
60 |
| Subject |
Short Stories |
This book contains Edgar Allen Poe's 1844 short story, "The Purloined Letter". Famous Parisian detective C. Auguste Dupin is asked by the Prefect of the Police to investigate the theft a letter that is being used by a shady minster as an instrument of blackmail. An exciting tale of mystery and intrigue, "The Purloined Letter" constitutes a must-read for lovers of detective fiction. Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American author, editor, poet, and critic. Most famous for his stories of mystery and horror, he was one of the first American short story writers, and is widely considered to be the inventor of the detective fiction genre. Many antiquarian books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe was born to poor parents in Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States in the year 1809. He found himself an orphan before he was three years old. His godfather, John Allan was a wealthy Virginian who gave Poe the best education in England and America. While Poe was still in his teens, a quarrel with his godfather estranged him from his family. From then onwards, poverty and illness were Poe’s constant companions. But so was brilliance, as Poe published three books of poems by the time he was twenty-one years old. In 1833, he won $50 with his short story in a newspaper contest. His poem ‘The Raven’ was famous throughout America when it came out in 1845. Poe’s horror stories still fill the readers with dread even after so many years and his stories of adventure and deduction set parameters for other writers to follow. Edgar Allan Poe passed away in Baltimore, Maryland, aged just forty years.
Edgar Allan Poe
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