Title: Tales (Balloon-Hoax / Black Cat / Gold-Bug / Purloined Letter)
Description: Balloon-Hoax
[Black Cat](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41068W)
Gold-Bug
[Purloined Letter](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41065W)
Subjects: fiction, horror fiction, cats, Children's fiction, short story, first-person narrative, unreliable narrators, self-hatred, gallows, Mystery and detective stories, monograms, American Detective and mystery stories, American Horror tales
Places: Paris
People: C. Auguste Dupin, Minister D—, Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon