Le scarabée d'or
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849
Le scarabée d'or - 1 online resource : multiple file formats
Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gold-Bug Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Scarab%C3%A9e_d%27or Release date is 2022-01-03
Laura Natal Rodrigues (Images generously made available by Gallica, Bibliothèque nationale de France.) Laura Natal Rodrigues (Images generously made available by Gallica, Bibliothèque nationale de France.)
"Le scarabée d'or" by Edgar Allan Poe is a short story published in 1843. The plot follows William Legrand, who discovers an unusual gold-colored bug on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina. When his servant fears he's going insane, a friend visits to help. Legrand draws them into an adventure involving a mysterious cipher that promises buried treasure. The story incorporates cryptography and secret codes, which fascinated nineteenth-century readers. It became Poe's most popular work during his lifetime, winning a writing contest and captivating audiences with its puzzle-solving intrigue. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Treasure troves -- Fiction Mystery and detective stories
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Le scarabée d'or - 1 online resource : multiple file formats
Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gold-Bug Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Scarab%C3%A9e_d%27or Release date is 2022-01-03
Laura Natal Rodrigues (Images generously made available by Gallica, Bibliothèque nationale de France.) Laura Natal Rodrigues (Images generously made available by Gallica, Bibliothèque nationale de France.)
"Le scarabée d'or" by Edgar Allan Poe is a short story published in 1843. The plot follows William Legrand, who discovers an unusual gold-colored bug on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina. When his servant fears he's going insane, a friend visits to help. Legrand draws them into an adventure involving a mysterious cipher that promises buried treasure. The story incorporates cryptography and secret codes, which fascinated nineteenth-century readers. It became Poe's most popular work during his lifetime, winning a writing contest and captivating audiences with its puzzle-solving intrigue. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Treasure troves -- Fiction Mystery and detective stories
PS