The Purloined Letter — Complete Illustrated Edition

The Purloined Letter — Complete Illustrated Edition

A stolen letter. A Minister with a secret. A hiding place in plain sight.

A letter of the highest importance has been stolen from the royal apartments in Paris, and everyone knows who took it: the bold and clever Minister D—. As long as he holds it, he holds power over a royal lady. The Prefect of Police has searched the Minister's rooms night after night, inch by inch, with microscopes and probes, and found nothing.

At his wits' end, the Prefect calls on C. Auguste Dupin. Dupin listens, smokes his pipe, and asks a few simple questions. A month later he hands the letter over.

The third of Poe's Dupin stories, which Poe himself thought "perhaps the best of my tales of ratiocination," is a perfect puzzle about the cleverest place to hide anything. Complete and unabridged, with an introduction and original paintings.

Details: Adult · 32 pages · Unabridged · 4 paintings · e-book PDF and EPUB