Intrigue Amid Revolution In Edgar Allen Poe's The Purloined Letter, it is somewhat difficult to determine the exact historical period in which the story takes place. Poe's writing in general is known to be vague and mysterious, and this piece is no different. He uses the term "18--" which gives the century that story takes place, but in no way reveals the exact historical period that the story occurs. France underwent a number of extremely …showed first 75 words of 2341 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2341 total…_ says in the story, "We have all been a good deal puzzled because the affair is so simple, and yet baffles us altogether" (282). Gomez 9 Works Cited Gofen, Ethel. The Cultures of the World: France. New York: Marshall Cavendish, 1995 Guerard, Albert. French Civilization in the Nineteenth Century. New York: The Century Company, 1918 Herold, Christopher. The Age of Napoleon. New York: American Heritage Publishing Co., 1977 Magraw, Roger. France 1815-1914: The Bourgeois Century. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986