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The plot of The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1
The story beat by beat, as Literah maps it.
- A Letter Out of the Sky
- Debt Becomes Escape Velocity
- The Moon Beneath His Feet
- Don't Believe a Word of It
- Bitten by the Gold-Bug
- Through the Skull and Down
- The Chest in the Pit
- Writing Brought Out by Fire
- The Tree in the Cipher
- The Cameleopard Is the King
The author's pen in The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1
The passages themselves, Edgar Allan Poe's own words, as Literah maps it.
- The Letter Falls to Rotterdamch. 1
- Besieged by Creditorsch. 1
- To Depart, Yet Livech. 1
- The Explosion Belowch. 1
- The Moon Beneath His Feetch. 1
- Air at the Moonch. 1
- Don't Believe a Word of Itch. 1
- Bit by the Goole-Bugch. 2
- This Bug Is to Make My Fortunech. 2
- Through the Left Eyech. 2
- The Wrong Eyech. 2
- The Chest in the Pitch. 2
- Writing Brought Out by Firech. 2
- The Cryptograph Appearsch. 2
- The Tree in the Cipherch. 2
- What the Skeletons Meanch. 2
- The Cameleopard Is the Kingch. 3
- The Beasts Mutinych. 3
- Two Readers Live Togetherch. 4
- The Chantilly Chainch. 4
The characters of The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1
Who is who, as Literah maps it.
- Hans Pfaallmajor
- William Legrandmajor
- Jupitermajor
- Unnamed Narrator of The Gold-Bugmajor
- Antiochus Epiphanesmajor
- C. Auguste Dupinmajor
- Unnamed Dupin Narratormajor
- Marie Rogêtmajor
- Monck Masonmajor
- Unnamed Narrator of MS. Found in a Bottlemajor
- The Paintermajor
- The Young Wifemajor
- Grettel Pfaallsupporting
- Hans Pfaall's Three Creditorssupporting
- Mynheer Superbus Von Underduksupporting
- Professor Rub-a-dubsupporting
The locations in The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1
Where it happens, as Literah maps it.
- Rotterdam Exchange Squaresquare
- Sauerkraut Alley and Pfaall's Househouse workshop
- Pfaall's Balloon and Ascentballoon vessel
- The Moon as Pfaall Describes Itcelestial landscape
- Sullivan's Islandisland
- Legrand's Huthut
- Sullivan's Island Shoreshore
- The Great Tulip Tree and Treasure Groundwoodland site
- Antioch / Antiochia Epidaphnecity
- Antiochus's Procession Routestreet
- Dupin and the Narrator's Paris Residencehouse
- Rue Morgue Househouse
- Paris Streetscity streets
- Marie Rogêt's Perfume Shopshop
The core concepts in The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1
What the book keeps returning to, as Literah maps it.
- Evidence vs. Credulity
- Analysis vs. Assumption
- Verification vs. the Impossible
- Representation vs. Life
- Spectacle vs. Authority
The objects of note in The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1
The things that carry meaning, as Literah maps it.
- Hans Pfaall's Balloon
- Hans Pfaall's Sealed Letter
- Pfaall's Condensing Apparatus
- Pfaall's Airtight Chamber
- Pfaall's Broad Beaver Hat
- The Gold-Bug
- The Parchment
- The Treasure Cipher
- The Skull in the Tulip Tree
- The Beetle Cord
- Digging Tools
- The Buried Treasure Chest
- The Cameleopard Costume
- Rue Morgue Newspapers
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