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The Public Domain Review
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Edgar Allan Poe was big into code cracking. He once challenged readers of a Philadelphia paper to stump him with coded messages, deciphering dozens before having to β€œswear off” cryptograms forever. More on how code factors into his stories here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/edgar-allan-poes-the-gold-bug-1843