The Murders in the Rue Morgue

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Description: "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe published in Graham's Magazine in 1841. It has been described as the first modern detective story; Poe referred to it as one of his "tales of ratiocination". C. Auguste Dupin is a man in Paris who solves the mystery of the brutal murder of two women. Numerous witnesses heard a suspect, though no one agrees on what language was spoken. At the murder scene, Dupin finds a hair that does not appear to be human. As the first fictional detective, Poe's Dupin displays many traits which became literary conventions in subsequent fictional detect ... (more)

Manufacturer: Modern Library
Release date: 23 May 2006
ISBN-10 : 0679643427 | ISBN-13: 9780679643425

Tags: Crime (1), Detective (1), Crime Fiction (1), Short Story (1), Mistery (1), American Literature (1), Detective Fiction (1), Edgar Allan Poe (1)

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