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Believing William Legrand to have gone insane following an insect bite, his friend initially decries his quest for gold as the ramblings of a madman. Yet when Legrand's conviction fails to waiver, they set off on a bizarre journey, accompanied by Jupiter, Legrand's loyal and equally skeptical servant. What follows is a strange tale of coded messages, hidden treasure, and uncanny prophecy that will both enthrall and baffle even the most perceptive readers.Part horror story, part detective fiction, <u>The Gold Bug</u> is an ingenious tale bearing all the hallmarks of Poe's extraordinary narrative skill. It is presented here with <u>The Sphinx</u>, a similarly themed and equally disturbing short story. Wonderfully versatile as an author and best known for his tales of terror and the macabre, Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) holds a venerable place in the history of American literature.
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Bibliocollège - 53: Le Scarabée d'or, Edgar Allan Poe, Stéphane Guinoiseau
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- 2005
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- Titel
- Bibliocollège - 53: Le Scarabée d'or
- Sprache
- Französisch
- Autor*innen
- Edgar Allan Poe, Stéphane Guinoiseau
- Verlag
- Hachette éducation
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2005
- Einband
- Paperback
- Seitenzahl
- 128
- ISBN10
- 2011691230
- ISBN13
- 9782011691231
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Belletristik, Abenteuer, Krimi, Klassiker, Kurzgeschichten, Horror, Amerikanische Literatur, Detektive, Gotik
- Beschreibung
- Believing William Legrand to have gone insane following an insect bite, his friend initially decries his quest for gold as the ramblings of a madman. Yet when Legrand's conviction fails to waiver, they set off on a bizarre journey, accompanied by Jupiter, Legrand's loyal and equally skeptical servant. What follows is a strange tale of coded messages, hidden treasure, and uncanny prophecy that will both enthrall and baffle even the most perceptive readers.Part horror story, part detective fiction, <u>The Gold Bug</u> is an ingenious tale bearing all the hallmarks of Poe's extraordinary narrative skill. It is presented here with <u>The Sphinx</u>, a similarly themed and equally disturbing short story. Wonderfully versatile as an author and best known for his tales of terror and the macabre, Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) holds a venerable place in the history of American literature.