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The Gold-Bug

Edgar Allan Poe

197438 pagesabout 35–50 minutes
1974
first published
  • 1990Creative Education · 79 pages · ENGISBN 9780886823030
  • 2007Hesperus Press · 124 pages · ENGISBN 9781843911449
  • 2017CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 38 pagesISBN 9781543242324
  • 2004BookSurge Classics · 60 pages · ENGISBN 9781594561801
  • 2000Sun Hill Rose and Briar Books · 108 pages · ENGISBN 9781930142169
  • 1988Edicions Bromera, S.L. · 88 pagesISBN 9788476600207
  • 2013Createspace Independent Publishing Platform · 86 pagesISBN 9781484931547
  • 1982NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company · 48 pages · ENGISBN 9780890612682
MysteriousTenseShort read

The discovery of a message in code on a shoreline formerly infested with pirates sends William Legrand and his friends on a hunt for buried treasure.

How it feels

MoodPlayful
AtmosphereWhimsicalNoir

How it reads

Plot intensityEventful
CommitmentQuick escape

When and where

Reading situationCommuteWaiting
ThemesPowerJustice
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