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"The Gold-Bug"
Poe gold-bug byam shaw.JPG
Illustration by Byam Shaw, 1909
Author Edgar Allan Poe
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Mystery
Published in Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper
Media type Print
Publication date June 1843

"The Gold-Bug" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. It was first published in Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper in June 1843.

Images for kids

  • Elaborate drawing of a man sitting on a tree limb, looking at a skull on one of its branches. Two small figures can be seen on the slopes beneath him.

    Illustration by "Herpin Inv" for an early edition

  • A photo of a small beetle on the bark of a tree trunk.

    The click beetle Alaus oculatus, along with a longhorn beetle, inspired the fictional "gold-bug" of Poe's tale.

  • A page of a book.

    An 1875 French translation of "The Gold-Bug"

  • The Dollar The Gold Bug 1843 Poe

    "The Gold-Bug" as it appeared in The Dollar Newspaper, June 21, 1843, with the illustration on the bottom right

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