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Liked It Rated 4 stars “Apparently Poe is considered to be the inventor of the detective novel. As such, the format of this story will be familiar to most. It is brilliant in its simplicity, though the mathematics part of the explanation did go over my head and bore me a little.” see full review » see other reviews »

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  • Rated 3 stars

  “Detective story. Dupin recounts how he found a letter that has eluded the Parisan police. ”

  Julie wrote this review Sunday, January 20, 2013. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
  
  • Rated 4 stars

  “Apparently Poe is considered to be the inventor of the detective novel. As such, the format of this story will be familiar to most. It is brilliant in its simplicity, though the mathematics part of the explanation did go over my head and bore me a little.”

  Augusta N wrote this review Wednesday, August 15, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
  
  • Rated 4 stars

  “This story is much different from any other story I've read by Poe. I'm used to dark, depressing, and scary from Poe, but this was a detective story. A rather good one at that. ”

  kairilily wrote this review Friday, April 27, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
  
  • Rated 4 stars

  “A good short story!!”

  Lottie Jane wrote this review Tuesday, March 27, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
  
  • Rated 3 stars

  “A detective story rivalling Doyle.”

  wiley wrote this review Monday, March 26, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
  
  • Rated 4 stars

  “Linda E said: 4 stars
  
  To understand this work, the reader needs to look up the meaning of all the obscure words and Latin phrases. Once you learn these, The Purloined Letter is a very interesting story.”

  1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die Shelf wrote this review Monday, January 30, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
  
  • Rated 5 stars

  “Classic Poe. Its such a shame he was never recognized for the genius of his writing while he was still alive. ”

  Teresa Caine wrote this review Tuesday, September 20, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
  
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  “I dl it fr Story Shelf...”

  Trixie wrote this review Thursday, September 8, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
  
  • Rated 4 stars

  “1,001 (1,305) Books You Must Read Before You Die”

  Kyle Mahoney wrote this review Saturday, October 6, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
  
  • Rated 4 stars

  “To understand this work, the reader needs to look up the meaning of all the obscure words and Latin phrases. Once you learn these, The Purloined Letter is a very interesting story.”

  Linda E wrote this review Wednesday, July 7, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No