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A review by tomasthanes
The Gold-Bug and Other Tales by Edgar Allan Poe
4.0
I'm finished with this book (for now) because I only wanted to read the short story "The Gold Bug".
Why that story? On May 27 2016, on the TV game show Jeopardy, the Final Jeopardy category was "19th Century Novels" and the clue was "The Gold Bug, [a:Edgar Allan Poe|4624490|Edgar Allan Poe|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1454522972p2/4624490.jpg]'s story about the search for Captain Kidd's buried loot helped inspire this 1883 novel."
That novel was [b:Treasure Island|295|Treasure Island|Robert Louis Stevenson|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1388607993s/295.jpg|3077988] by [a:Robert Louis Stevenson|854076|Robert Louis Stevenson|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1192746024p2/854076.jpg] and that is my next book to read.
I doubt that an animated scarab beetle made of solid gold made it into this next book but I shall find out.
Why that story? On May 27 2016, on the TV game show Jeopardy, the Final Jeopardy category was "19th Century Novels" and the clue was "The Gold Bug, [a:Edgar Allan Poe|4624490|Edgar Allan Poe|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1454522972p2/4624490.jpg]'s story about the search for Captain Kidd's buried loot helped inspire this 1883 novel."
That novel was [b:Treasure Island|295|Treasure Island|Robert Louis Stevenson|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1388607993s/295.jpg|3077988] by [a:Robert Louis Stevenson|854076|Robert Louis Stevenson|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1192746024p2/854076.jpg] and that is my next book to read.
I doubt that an animated scarab beetle made of solid gold made it into this next book but I shall find out.