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The Gold Bug

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  • Running Time: 01:27 hrs
    Narrator: Chris Lutkin
    Publisher:
    Dreamscape Media, LLC, 2017
    Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.

Details:

  • Author: Poe, Edgar Allan
    Date:
    Created
    2017
    Summary:

    The grand-prize winner of a writing contest sponsored by the Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper, The Gold-Bug was one of Poe's most popular stories during his lifetime. Similar to his ratiocination tales-early versions of what we now call detective fiction-The Gold-Bug is full of mystery and adventure and includes a cryptogram, invisible ink, a scarab-like bug, and pirate treasure.

    Genre:
    Classic fiction, Detective and mystery fiction
    Subject(s): Treasure troves | Ghosts
    Original Publisher: Holland, Ohio, Dreamscape Media, LLC
    Language(s): English