The mystery is focussed on one topic – the missing letter. The Purloined Letter is successful because it meets all these requirements. It should strike its note in the first sentence.He claimed that a successful short story should follow a set of rules. As a result of his engagement with the shorter literary forms he developed a theory of short stories which is still relevant today.
He wrote prolifically for newspapers and magazines. But he also invented the detective story he wrote tales of science fiction ( The Balloon Hoax) spoofs and satires ( The Man Who was Used Up) and puzzles or cryptograms such as The Gold Bug. He is most famous for his tales of Gothic horror – such as The Black Cat, The Pit and the Pendulum, and Ligeia. In them, Poe explored a wide range of topics and themes. Poe received a payment of only $12.00 for its first printing, but the story was reprinted in many newspapers and magazines in the years that followed.Įdgar Allen Poe’s short stories are generally collected under the title of Tales of Mystery and Imagination. The story first appeared in the Christmas literary annual The Gift published in Philadelphia in December 1845. He is also quite clearly the original inspiration for Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective, Sherlock Holmes. He first appeared in The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1841) and then again in The Mystery of Marie Roget (1842). The Purloined Letter (1844) marks the third and final appearance of Edgar Allan Poe’s master-detective, the Parisian‘ gentleman’ Chevalier C.
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