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The Purloined Letter

A classic to hear together.

Format and runtime: Short story 48m

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A complete, prepared Doorman edition of The Purloined Letter, owned by your buying family account. Download it again without another book charge.

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About the story.

A compromising letter has disappeared, and its possession gives one person dangerous power over another. The police have searched with extraordinary care, but their thoroughness has produced remarkably little comfort.

Edgar Allan Poe’s Dupin takes an interest in the way a searcher thinks as well as the thing being sought. This is a compact contest between concealment, expectation, and the limits of being methodical.