The Gold-Bug: Simplified For Modern Readers

by Edgar Allan Poe, George Lakon (Editor)

Overview

�The God-Bug� is the Edgar Allan Poe short story most famous during his lifetime.
-The language of over 170 years ago has been updated making Poe�s difficult text easily understood by today�s readers.
-Every effort has been made to keep the story as close to the original as possible - only word order and difficult vocabulary have been changed.
-End notes, interpretation, and discussion of major themes follow the text.
-Biographical information on Edgar Allan Poe is included.
-Accelerated Reader AR Quiz No. 8621 EN Fiction IL: UG - BL: 9.8 - AR Pts: 3.0.
-Modern readers will better understand the story that popularized cryptography and introduced elements that became central to the detective genre.
For other short stories in easier to understand modern English search for �George Lakon� and www.EasyStories.net.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940149694099
Publisher:	George Lakon
Publication date:	06/22/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	900,213
File size:	178 KB

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.