The Gold-Bug
- ISBN-10
- 1543242324
- ISBN-13
- 9781543242324
- Pages
- 38
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-02-21
- Publisher
- Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Author
- Poe Edgar Allan
Description
William Legrand has relocated from New Orleans to Sullivan's Island in South Carolina after losing his family fortune, and has brought his African-American servant Jupiter with him. The story's narrator, a friend of Legrand, visits him one evening to see an unusual scarab-like bug he has found. The bug's weight and lustrous appearance convince Jupiter that it is made of pure gold. Legrand has lent it to an officer stationed at a nearby fort, but he draws a sketch of it for the narrator, with markings on the carapace that resemble a skull.
