"The Purloined Letter" is a short story by American author Edgar Allan Poe. It is the third of his three detective stories featuring the fictional C. Auguste Dupin, the other two being "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and "The Mystery of Marie Rogêt". These stories are considered to be important early forerunners of the modern detective story. It first appeared in the literary annual The Gift for 1845 (1844) and soon was reprinted in numerous journals and newspapers.
Le Chat noir
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Double Assassinat dans la rue Morgue
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The Oblong Box
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The Pit and the Pendulum
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The Purloined Letter
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The Tell-Tale Heart
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Three Sundays in a Week
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The Premature Burial
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The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade
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William Wilson
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The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall
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The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Feather
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