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Edgar Allan PoeThe Gold Bug
Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1843A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
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Further Reading: Literature
“The Murders in the Rue Morgue” by Edgar Allan Poe (1841)
Within his own canon, “The Gold-Bug” is seen as the precursor to Poe’s later detective fiction, with the character of Legrand frequently being compared to C. Auguste Dupin, who first appears in his short story, “The Murders in the Rue Morgue.”
- Read “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” on SuperSummary
“The Gold-Bug” by Edgar Allan Poe (1843)
- Read “The Gold-Bug” via The Poe Museum
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (1883)
Robert Louis Stevenson cited “The Gold Bug” as an inspiration for his novel, Treasure Island: “I broke into the gallery of Mr. Poe...No doubt the skeleton is conveyed from Poe.”
- Read Treasure Island on SuperSummary
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