02060cam a22003973u 4500 67094 UtSlPG 20260610134540.0 m cr n 260607r20221926utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG fr iso639-1 PS Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 The gold bug. French Le scarabée d'or Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2022 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier 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.) "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.) Originally published: France: F. Ferroud, 1926 Treasure troves -- Fiction Mystery and detective stories Blot, R. Dreyfus, Rita Rochegrosse, Georges, 1859-1938 Baudelaire, Charles, 1821-1867 https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1526005v https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67094 107916 107916