The Purloined Letter (1844) - Edgar Allan Poe - Wattpad

The Purloined Letter (1844)

Reads 6,306
Votes 142
Parts 1
Time 35m

Reads 6,306
Votes 142
Parts 1
Time 35m

"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 was soon reprinted in numerous journals and newspapers.

Cover by the lovely @KatrinHollisterPublic Domain

Table of contents

The Purloined Letter
Wed, Aug 21, 2013

1 part

The Purloined Letter
Wed, Aug 21, 2013

Sign up to add The Purloined Letter (1844) to your library and receive updates

or

Content Guidelines

You may also like

Everyone's Guide to Wattpad by OrangeGuy

I'm a writer, and I'm going to share all of my tips with you. Do you want to become an author? Read this guide. Is your story lacking something? I bet you can find what it is if you read this guide. Do you have trouble getting some Wattpad friends? I'm here for you...but read this guide. I know many of the ins and outs of Wattpad. I promise you we get all this solved - and much more. Everyone's Guide to Wattpad is a step-by-step guide that can assist anyone in Wattpad; writers and readers both old and new. Learn everything from your first steps in Wattpad to finishing your first story, while being guided every step of the way in a fun manner (if I may say so myself). I'm here to help you. Why? Because this guide is inspired by every single one of you. What are you waiting for? Start Reading! (I didn't write this guide for nothing.)

insanity inside ✓ by handwrite

❝ she won't be a damsel in distress nor will she be someone as important. but she'll be there to redress your wounds and swab every hurting scar clean. she'll scare the hell out of you, but she'll keep your demons at bay. she won't cry pretty, but at least she'll try to cry all of the guilt off. and she isn't that easy on the eyes but her words will cling to you like a battle armour, fending, protecting. she can be your savior if you let her. ❞ → #5 in poetry [12/28/19] → featured in 'Summer Workshop 2016' as 'Talk of the Workshop'

This Would Be Paradise (Book 2)-A Zombie Novel by N_D_Iverson

(Book 2) Community connotes safety, togetherness. But does it? When Bailey and Chloe head back on the road, they come across strange markings belonging to a group intent on bloodshed and abduction. With a heinous enemy lurking in the shadows, they find help in new and old friends along the way. Together when they finally find Hargrove, all isn't what it seems with the make-shift, post-apocalyptic community. People are turning up dead and for once, zombies aren't the only ones to blame. Fingers are pointed, everyone becomes a suspect and no one is safe outside or inside these walls. Copyright © 2015 by N_D_Iverson All Rights Reserved. (Warning: This is the unedited, raw first draft) **Edited and expanded edition available for sale on Amazon and all other eBook retailers!**

The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890) by OscarWilde

"The Picture of Dorian Gray" tells of a young man named Dorian Gray, the subject of a painting by artist Basil Hallward. Basil is impressed by Dorian's beauty and becomes infatuated with him, believing his beauty is responsible for a new mode in his art. Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton, a friend of Basil's, and becomes enthralled by Lord Henry's world view. Espousing a new hedonism, Lord Henry suggests the only things worth pursuing in life are beauty and fulfilment of the senses.

no rain, no flowers (poems) by JoeyJMakathangIsip

poems by JoeyJMakathangIsip

TGJ 2: My Grumpy Jerk (On Hiatus) by bunnyblahblah

Hey! It's The Grumpy Jerk again but on its book two! Hit the "Start Reading" button now! Still Rated 13+ Genre: Fanfiction, Romance, Drama, Teen Fiction Start Date: January 1, 2022 End Date: Highest Ranking: #1 in KawaSara (7/01/2023)

Anne's House of Dreams (Completed) by LMMontgomery

Anne's House of Dreams is a novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery. It was first published in 1917 by McClelland, Goodchild and Stewart. The novel is from a series of books written primarily for girls and young women, about a young girl named Anne Shirley. The books follow the course of Anne's life. It is set principally on Canada's Prince Edward Island, Montgomery's birthplace and home for much of her life. Anne's House of Dreams is book five in the series, and chronicles Anne's early married life, as she and her childhood sweetheart Gilbert Blythe begin to build their life together.

Pride and Prejudice (1813) by JaneAusten

The story follows the main character Elizabeth Bennet as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of early 19th-century England. Elizabeth is the second of five daughters of a country gentleman living near the fictional town of Meryton in Hertfordshire, near London.

The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Completed) by ArthurConanDoyle

The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of 13 Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in 1903-1904, by Arthur Conan Doyle. The stories were published in the Strand Magazine in Great Britain, and Collier's in the United States. Cover made by the wonderful @-capetown

PHOBIAS by SinisterKid00

The psychology behind phobias, their definitions, and symptoms of them. Also, has the actual name of these phobias. FEAR Book II-PHILIAS https://www.wattpad.com/story/90861846 Book III- MANIAS

You may also like

Slide 1 of 10

Everyone's Guide to Wattpad cover

insanity inside ✓ cover

This Would Be Paradise (Book 2)-A Zombie Novel cover

The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890) cover

no rain, no flowers (poems) cover

TGJ 2: My Grumpy Jerk (On Hiatus) cover

Anne's House of Dreams (Completed) cover

Pride and Prejudice (1813) cover

The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Completed) cover

Everyone's Guide to Wattpad

I'm a writer, and I'm going to share all of my tips with you. Do you want to become an author? Read this guide. Is your story lacking something? I bet you can find what it is if you read this guide. Do you have trouble getting some Wattpad friends? I'm here for you...but read this guide. I know many of the ins and outs of Wattpad. I promise you we get all this solved - and much more. Everyone's Guide to Wattpad is a step-by-step guide that can assist anyone in Wattpad; writers and readers both old and new. Learn everything from your first steps in Wattpad to finishing your first story, while being guided every step of the way in a fun manner (if I may say so myself). I'm here to help you. Why? Because this guide is inspired by every single one of you. What are you waiting for? Start Reading! (I didn't write this guide for nothing.)