Abstract: The Purloined Letter is a detective story by Poe about the theft of a compromising letter that the French Minister has perpetuated before the eyes of the recipient, who was unable to avoid it in the presence of a third person, a very upperclass person, to whom this document was to remain hidden. What is written in this letter seriously compromises the honesty of a famous and powerful noblewoman, thereby giving the unlawful possessor a powerful chance to blackmail. He finally finds the letter in a conspicuous place and he tries, with a trick, to find it and solve the case…
Titolo e contributi: The purloined letter
Pubblicazione: Faligi Editore, 21/04/2011
Data:21-04-2011
- Lingua: inglese
- Formato: EPUB con Social DRM
- Tipo di data: data di dettaglio
- Data di pubblicazione: 21-04-2011
The Purloined Letter is a detective story by Poe about the theft of a compromising letter that the French Minister has perpetuated before the eyes of the recipient, who was unable to avoid it in the presence of a third person, a very upperclass person, to whom this document was to remain hidden. What is written in this letter seriously compromises the honesty of a famous and powerful noblewoman, thereby giving the unlawful possessor a powerful chance to blackmail. He finally finds the letter in a conspicuous place and he tries, with a trick, to find it and solve the case…
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