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" The Gold-Bug " is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe published in 1843. The plot follows William Legrand, who becomes fixated on an unusual gold-colored bug he has discovered. His servant Jupiter fears that Legrand is going insane and goes to Legrand's friend, an unnamed narrator, who agrees to visit his old friend.
It consists of little else than the sea sand, and is about three miles long. Its breadth at no point exceeds a quarter of a mile. It is separated from the main land by a scarcely perceptible creek, oozing its way through a wilderness of reeds and slime, a favorite resort of the marsh-hen.
The Gold Bug, mystery story by Edgar Allan Poe, published in 1843 in the Philadelphia Dollar Magazine; it was later published in the collection Tales (1845). The central character, William Legrand, has sequestered himself on Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina, after a series of economic setbacks.
The Gold-Bug. Edgar Allan Poe. Many years ago, I contracted an intimacy with a Mr. William Legrand. He was of an ancient Huguenot family, and had once been wealthy; but a series of misfortunes had reduced him to want.
Complete summary of Edgar Allan Poe's The Gold-Bug. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of The Gold-Bug.
“The Gold-Bug” is a mystery and has been viewed by critics as an early example of detective fiction, as a central part of the plot revolves around solving a cryptogram to uncover directions to buried treasure. The story popularized cyphers and secret writing, but more sinister undercurrents bubble below the feel-good adventure elements.
Nov 17, 2017 · The Gold-Bug was Edgar Allan Poe's most successful story and introduced the science of cryptanalysis to the world. So why haven't more people read it?
Sep 14, 2019 · “In supposing it to be a bug of real gold.” He said this with an air of profound seriousness, and I felt inexpressibly shocked. “This bug is to make my fortune,” he continued, with a triumphant smile, “to re-instate me in my family possessions. Is it any wonder, then, that I prize it?
Jul 24, 2023 · Accompanied by the Gold-Bug — 1925 — by S. B. Dickson, New York: Simon and Schuster (a collection of fifty coded limericks, with instructions on how to decode them, and a full printing of Poe's “The Gold-Bug,” in which a cryptograph, appropriately, plays a key role.
Sep 7, 2015 · THE GOLD-BUG, BY EDGAR A. POE, ESQ. This remarkable story opens with some account of a misanthropic sort of gentleman, who, from the dilapidated state of his fortunes, choses to make his residence in company with his former slave, Jupiter, on Sullivan's Island, near Charleston, S. C. Mr. Wm. Legrand, while occupying a small, out of ...
