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   December 1844. " 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 ...

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3. poestories.com › read › purloinedThe Purloined Letter by Edgar Allan Poe - PoeStories.com

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   Read the classic detective story of how a letter stolen from the royal apartments is used to blackmail a powerful personage. Follow the ingenious deductions of Dupin and the Prefect of Police in this tale of intrigue and mystery.

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   Learn how Dupin solves a mystery involving a stolen letter and a cunning minister in this classic detective story by Edgar Allan Poe. Explore the themes, motifs, symbols, and literary devices of “The Purloined Letter” with SparkNotes.

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6. www.litcharts.com › the-purloined-letterPoe's Stories: The Purloined Letter Summary & Analysis

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   A classic detective story by Edgar Allan Poe, featuring Dupin and the Prefect of police. Learn about the plot, themes, characters, and symbols of this tale of a stolen letter and a clever thief.

7. interestingliterature.com › 2017 › 01A Summary and Analysis of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Purloined ...

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   Jan 26, 2017 · Learn how Poe’s detective Dupin solves a mystery involving a stolen letter and a cunning minister in this classic story of deduction and logic. Discover the clues, the twists, and the references to mythology and literature in this pioneering detective tale.

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   The Purloined Letter Full Text - The Purloined Letter - Owl Eyes. Nil sapientiae odiosius acumine nimio. —Seneca. AT PARIS, JUST after dark one gusty evening in the autumn of 18—, I was enjoying the twofold luxury of meditation and a meerschaum, in company with my friend C. Auguste Dupin, in his little back library, or book-closet, au ...

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   Who wrote The Purloined Letter?

   • " 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.

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   Why is the Purloined Letter so popular?

   • ‘The Purloined Letter’ has the force of a fairy tale or parable: there is a purity to its plot, a simplicity, an ability to resonate with deeper philosophical meaning. This is probably why so many twentieth-century thinkers, from the psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan to the founder of deconstruction, Jacques Derrida, were so interested in it.

   A Summary and Analysis of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Purloined Letter’

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   How does The Purloined Letter show Edgar Allan Poe's poetic side?

   • This final act shows his poetic side – he solves the crime with style and, in his note, places himself in a club of literary of characters. Need help with The Purloined Letter in Edgar Allan Poe's Poe's Stories?

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   What is a 'purloined' letter?

   • A letter containing delicate information has been stolen, or ‘purloined’: an important woman was in her boudoir when the letter arrived (presumably written by a man with whom she was having an affair) but as she was reading it, her husband came into the room. She placed the letter down on a table.

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10. www.britannica.com › topic › The-Purloined-LetterThe Purloined Letter | Detective Fiction, Mystery, Crime

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    The Purloined Letter, short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in an unauthorized version in 1844. An enlarged and authorized version was published in The Gift (an annually published gift book containing occasional verse and stories) in 1845 and was collected the same year in Poe’s Tales.