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The Purloined Letter by Edgar Allan Poe

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The short story “The Purloined Letter” is one of the first modern detective stories. It pits the cunning detective, Dupin, against a bafflingly elegant puzzle. Poe’s early “tales of ratiocination” laid the groundwork for later fictional detectives like Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, and Nancy Drew.


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  • Slide: 1
  • PURLOINED
  • Past tense of purloin meaning to steal.
  • Slide: 2
  • SNUFFBOX
  • A box containing pipe tobacco
  • Slide: 3
  • PREFECT
  • A position of chief, or chief officer