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The Purloined Letter

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Edgar Allan Poe

"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 Gift for 1845 (1844) and was soon reprinted in numerous journals and newspapers.

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Author

Edgar Allan Poe

Pages

150

Publisher

WS

Published Date

2019-05-21

ISBN

2291066021 9782291066026

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"Short little mystery story more in the way of Sherlock Holmes rather than typical Poe"

Rebekah Travis

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