The Gold Bug - Edgar Allan Poe
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#ads Get premium access to stream any unabridged audiobook by starting your free trial: https://booksreader.space/al-6870/ Title: The Gold Bug Author: Edgar Allan Poe Narrator: Walter Covell Format: Unabridged Length: 01:30:00 Release date: 06-15-07 Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 18 votes Genres: History Publisher's Summary: Edgar Allan Poe, American poet and master of the horror tale, is also credited by many with inventing the American mystery story. "The Gold Bug" is one of his most famous stories. It was first published in the Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper in June 1843, after Poe had won a competition held by the paper and received a prize of $100. (P)1984 Jimcin Recordings Editorial Reviews: First published in the Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper in June 1843, "The Gold Bug" won its author, Edgar Allan Poe, a sum of 100 dollars and was during his lifetime the authors most popular work. Performed in a stentorian and agile voice by Walter Covell, "The Gold Bug" features a treasure-seeker who is rendered possibly insane by the bite of a golden bug, his black servant (spoken in a dialect that may offend sensitive ears), the swampy locale of an island in South Carolina, buried treasure, and one of the most famous cryptograms in all of literature. A perennial delight, "The Gold Bug" was also the inspiration for that other tale of buried treasure, Robert Louis Stevensons Treasure Island.
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