The Gold Bug

Is English driving you crazy? Go crazy with the heroes of Edgar Allan Poe! Madmen and genius detectives, aristocrats and sea adventurers are waiting for you to join their mystical escapades. This book includes the best stories from various collections... of Edgar Allan Poe. A master of psychological prose, one of the pioneers of the genres of mysticism, horror, and detective fiction, he is an author you do not want to miss. His stories are full of tension, like the best Hitchcock films. A. Conan Doyle, H. P. Lovecraft, V. Bryusov, and K. Balmont were inspired by them. Even the critical V. Nabokov, answering the question 'Which American writer do you like the most?', named Edgar Allan Poe. The text is adapted for beginners studying English at level 1 - Beginner A1-A2. The book contains a dictionary, detailed comments, and exercises to check reading comprehension. Poe's complex and convoluted style has become much more accessible thanks to the adaptation prepared by the remarkable linguist and experienced educational author Alexandra Igorevna Smirnova.