Der entwendete Brief

by Edgar Allan Poe

Overview

"Meine Ehre steht auf dem Spiel, und - ganz im geheimen! - die Belohnung ist ungewöhnlich hoch." Auguste Dupin steht wieder vor einem schwierigen Fall: Einem Mitglied der Königsfamilie wurde ein Brief gestohlen. Der Täter ist bekannt, aber der Inhalt des Briefes könnte gefährlich sein und den Ruf einer adligen Dame zerstören. Auf keinen Fall darf er veröffentlicht werden... Edgar Allan Poes (1809 - 1849) berühmter Detektiv war unter anderem Vorbild für Arthur Conan Doyles "Sherlock Holmes".

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783847800415
Publisher:	Henricus - Edition Deutsche Klassik
Publication date:	01/01/2012
Sold by:	CIANDO
Format:	eBook
File size:	447 KB
Language:	German

About the Author

Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) was orphaned at the age of three and adopted by a wealthy Virginia family with whom he had a troubled relationship. He excelled in his studies of language and literature at school, and self-published his first book, Tamerlane and Other Poems, in 1827. In 1830, Poe embarked on a career as a writer and began contributing reviews and essays to popular periodicals. He also wrote sketches and short fiction, and in 1833 published his only completed novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. Over the next five years he established himself as a master of the short story form through the publication of "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Masque of the Red Death," "The Tell-Tale Heart," and other well–known works. In 1841, he wrote "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," generally considered the first modern detective story. The publication of The Raven and Other Poems in 1845 brought him additional fame as a poet.