“The Purloined Letter” - 1867 - Prose Tales of Edgar Allan Poe,įirst series (New York: W.

Putnam) (noted as from Putnam's Library of Choice Stories), pp.

“The Purloined Letter” - 1857 - Stories for the Home Circle.

1 - (probably reprinted from Griswold edition) (The story was printed in two parts, the Clark and Samuel Orchart Beeton, and their name appears as publisher for the second series), first

“The Purloined Letter” - 1852 - Tales of Mystery and ImaginationĪnd Humour and Poems, London: Henry Vizetelly (An undated edition appears about the same time, published byĬharles H.TALES, ignoring Poe's minor changes in Text-03c) (Most of the information for this entry was provided by Tonįafianie in an e-mail to the Poe Society, October 30, 2016.)ġ850 - WORKS - (Mabbott text D) (Griswold reprints Text-03b from the stereotype plates of The storyĪppears with Poe's title but not his name. Presumably from The Gift, based on a few verbal choices retained in some of the final paragraphs. Gazette and Colonial Register (Adelaide, South Austrailia), vol. “The Purloined Letter” - NovemSouth Australian.Journal in 1844 was not done by Poe, all printings of that abridgement are given under Miscellaneous Texts and Related Items, below.]] [[Note: Because the version that first appeared in Chamber's Edinburgh TALES - (Mabbott text C - This is Mabbott's copy-text)

1849 - TALES-JLG - manuscript revisions in “J. 1845 - TALES - (Mabbott text B) (For Griswold's 1850 reprinting of this text, see the entry below, under reprints.) Revisions are presumably reflected in text-04.) No such modified copy has survived, but the Version was probably made on pages of a copy of The Gift. Presumed revised version of text-02b, TGAPPB, in anticipation of the new edition in Tales. 1844 - The Gift for 1845 (probably available by October 1844) - (Mabbott He is incorrect in assuming that it was a full manuscript of the story, or that it established Whitty mentions as a manuscript of the story is actually just a handwrittenĬopy by Poe of the introductory note from the abridged version printed in Chamber's Edinburgh Also in this letter is the interesting detail that Poe “not, usually, solicitousĪbout proofs.” What J. Having “many interlineations and erasures,” and as a consequence he requested the ability to Carey of May 31, 1844, Poe describes the manuscript he had sent for printing as Survived, but this version is presumably recorded in Text-02b. (Speculated faircopy manuscript Poe prepared for publication.

Text-02a - “The Purloined Letter” - early 1844.

Text-02 - “The Purloined Letter” - 1844.

Text-01 - “The Purloined Letter” - 1844 - (There are no knownĭraft manuscripts or scratch notes reflecting the original effort of composition.).

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