The Purloined Letter

In the story "The Purloined Letter" by Edgar Allen Poe, was another detective stories that was about prefect, a frence police dective being bewildered on where are the where abouts of a stolen letter that was stolen from the Queen of france. This letter has high importance and puts the Queen in a uncomfurtable postion. The police investage but are mislead, by using logical methods that are based solely on past experience and established systems of thought. Their investigative methods reflect the types of rational thought prevalent in the mid-nineteenth century. In the end, the police are unsuccessful in finding the letter because the thief has hidden it in the most unexpected place right under their noses. Dupin figures this out and recovers the letter, turning the political tables on the thief. This story was surprise for the fact that Edgar Allan Poe is reconqized as a great horror story writer. I was expected some thrills and chills but nontheless it was worth the read.