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Pages 57-77 of the received PDF (annual pp. 41-61).
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The Purloined Letter - The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1845
First publication of Edgar Allan Poe's tale 'The Purloined Letter.'
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The tale's first appearance, in the 1845 Gift annual (pp. 41-61). The third of Poe's Dupin tales; this first text ends at the Crebillon epigraph.
- Date
- 1845 (annual issued 1844)
- Credits
- Edgar Allan Poe (author)
- Publisher
- Carey & Hart - The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present
- Where to find it
- 21 tale pages (annual pp. 41-61); complete annual is 336 scanned pages
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- Internet Archive
AI-assisted transcription produced by Claude and visually checked against this Internet Archive scan; no independent human proofread. This first (1845 Gift) text ends at the Crebillon epigraph, without the extra closing sentence Poe added to later printings; the transcription follows THIS edition. French and Latin quotations and the algebraic formula were regularized for reading; line wraps, running heads and page numbers removed. The scan remains authoritative for exact typography.
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Original scan - complete annual (The Gift for 1845)
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No independent human proofread. Line wraps, column breaks, running heads and page numbers regularized for reading; edition wording and spelling retained. The scan remains authoritative for exact typography.
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Poe, Edgar Allan. 'The Purloined Letter.' The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1845. Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, [1844]: 41-61.
Public domain. First published in the 1845 Gift annual (issued 1844); copyright long expired. Internet Archive scan of a public-domain book.
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