The Gold-Bug: Simplified For Modern Readers (Accelerated ...

educated, with unusual powers of mind, but infected with . ... Notes. At first glance, "The Gold-Bug" tells of William Legrand’s discovery of buried pirate treasure. ... his literary rival Rufus Griswold wrote a libelous obituary as revenge for Poe’s criticism of his work and then a memoir portraying Poe as a drunken, womanizing madman with ... ................
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