The Gold Bug and Other Tales of Mystery [9 stories, 8 poems]

by Edgar Allan Poe

9 STORIES The Gold-Bug The Man That Was Used Up [Pit and the Pendulum](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL273550W) [Tell-tale Heart](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41059W) The Balloon-Hoax A Descent into the Maelström The Murders in the Rue Morgue [Purloined Letter](https://openlibraryorg/works/OL41065W) MS Found in a Bottle 8 poems: Alone [Annabel Lee](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL273456W) Bells Eldorado Lenore [Raven](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41081W) Ulalume Valentine

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Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
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What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
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