The Gold Bug

Is English driving you crazy? Go mad together with the heroes of Edgar Allan Poe! Madmen and genius detectives, aristocrats and sea travelers are waiting for you to join their mystical adventures. The 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, akin to the best Hitchcock films. They inspired A. Conan Doyle, H.P. Lovecraft, V. Bryusov, and K. Balmont. Even the critically minded V. Nabokov, when asked which American writer he likes the most, named Edgar Allan Poe. The text is adapted for beginners learning English at level 1 - Beginner A1-A2. The book contains a dictionary, detailed comments, and exercises to check reading comprehension. Poe's complex and intricate style has become much more accessible thanks to the adaptation prepared by the remarkable linguist and experienced textbook author Alexandra Igorevna Smirnova.