Edgar Allan Poe and the jewel of Peru

Edgar Allan Poe and the jewel of Peru

by Karen Lee Street

Part of Poe and Dupin mystery

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"Philadelphia, 1844. As violent tensions escalate between nativists and recent Irish immigrants, Edgar Allan Poe's fears for the safety of his wife, Virginia, and mother-in-law, Muddy, are compounded when he receives a parcel of mummified bird parts ... Just as odd is the arrival of Helena Loddiges, a young heiress who demands Poe's help to discover why her lover died at the city's docks on his return from an expedition to Peru. Poe is skeptical of her claims of having received messages from birds--and visitations from her lover's ghost--but when Miss Loddiges is kidnapped, he and his friend C. Auguste Dupin must unravel a mystery involving old enemies, lost soul-mates, ornithomancy, and the legendary jewel of Peru"--Amazon.com.

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    How does Karen Lee Street use the historical backdrop of 1844 Philadelphia—specifically the tensions between nativists and Irish immigrants—to mirror the internal chaos and paranoia experienced by Edgar Allan Poe?

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    Poe’s real-life literary creation, C. Auguste Dupin, functions as both a friend and a sounding board in the novel; how well do you feel Street captures the dynamic between Poe and his most famous fictional detective?

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    The novel incorporates unconventional elements like ornithomancy (divination through birds) and mummified bird parts; how do these bizarre motifs enhance the gothic atmosphere without feeling completely out of place in a historical mystery?

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