The Gold-Bug

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short story work of fiction

The Gold-Bug is a famous short story by Edgar Allan Poe that combines elements of mystery, cryptography, and adventure in a tale about a hidden treasure.

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Label Occurrences
The Gold-Bug canonical 9
The Gold Bug (TV movie) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf short story ⓘ
work of fiction ⓘ
adaptedAs comic adaptation ⓘ
film ⓘ
radio drama ⓘ
television episode ⓘ
author Edgar Allan Poe ⓘ
awardReceived $100 prize from The Dollar Newspaper ⓘ
centralTheme cryptography ⓘ
greed ⓘ
hidden treasure ⓘ
logic and analysis ⓘ
madness and perception ⓘ
copyrightStatus public domain ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
featuresElement encrypted parchment ⓘ
pirate treasure ⓘ
skull-shaped gold-colored bug ⓘ
substitution cipher ⓘ
firstPublishedIn The Dollar Newspaper ⓘ
genre adventure fiction ⓘ
cryptographic fiction ⓘ
detective fiction precursor ⓘ
mystery fiction ⓘ
hasApproximateLength novella-length short story ⓘ
hasIllustratedEdition various illustrated print editions ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn development of detective fiction ⓘ
popular interest in cryptography ⓘ
hasMainCharacter Jupiter ⓘ
William Legrand ⓘ
hasNarrativePerspective first-person narration ⓘ
hasNarrator unnamed narrator ⓘ
hasTitleReference gold-colored beetle central to the plot ⓘ
includedIn many Poe anthologies ⓘ
involvesCharacter pirate Captain Kidd ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement American Romanticism ⓘ
notableFor combination of adventure and puzzle-solving ⓘ
detailed explanation of solving a cipher ⓘ
use of deductive reasoning by protagonist ⓘ
originalMedium newspaper ⓘ
partOf Edgar Allan Poe bibliography ⓘ
surface form: Edgar Allan Poe's collected works
placeOfFirstPublication Philadelphia ⓘ
publicationDate 1843 ⓘ
publisher The Dollar Newspaper ⓘ
settingLocation South Carolina ⓘ
Sullivan's Island ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting 19th century ⓘ

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Edgar Allan Poe → notableWork → The Gold-Bug ⓘ
Edgar → notableWork → The Gold-Bug ⓘ
subject surface form: Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe bibliography → hasNotableWork → The Gold-Bug ⓘ
Graham's Magazine → notableWorkPublished → The Gold-Bug ⓘ
Sullivan's Island → inspiredWork → The Gold-Bug ⓘ
William Legrand → protagonistOf → The Gold-Bug ⓘ
William Legrand → appearsIn → The Gold-Bug ⓘ
William Legrand → firstAppearance → The Gold-Bug ⓘ
Anthony Michael Hall → televisionDebutIn → The Gold-Bug ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Gold Bug (TV movie)
The Fall of the House of Usher → basedOn → The Gold-Bug ⓘ
subject surface form: The Fall of the House of Usher (TV series)