
The Gold-Bug
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Narrated by:
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Chris Lutkin
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By:
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Edgar Allan Poe
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.
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With the 19th century prose one expects from Poe, "The Gold-Bug" (1843) is an earlier example of Poe's writing which seems suited for a weekly publication. Centered around a treasure hunt using a cryptogram, "The Gold-Bug" one can see an earlier version of Poe's detective fiction (though not technically).
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