by Edgar Allan Poe · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788475336206
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«L'escarabat d'or» is the mystery novel by Edgar Allan Poe, published by Barcanova in paperback (228 pages, in Catalan).
William Legrand finds a golden beetle of a very rare species and, after its bite, becomes obsessed with a coded message that leads him to search for buried treasure. Together with his servant Jupiter, he unravels the clues through almost mathematical reasoning, in a tale notable for the precision of details and logical rigor.
Catalan translation by Josep Vallverdú. The original story, «The Gold-Bug», was published in 1843; it belongs to the Els Argonautes collection of youth literature from Barcanova.
Aimed at young readers beginning with mystery and adventure, featuring a classic of 19th-century narrative.
Escritor, poeta y crítico literario estadounidense del siglo XIX, maestro del relato de terror y padre de la narrativa policíaca moderna.
