The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Book · 1841 · 42 pages
- Synopsis
"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.
- Synopsis
"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.
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- Original title
- The Murders in the Rue Morgue
- Year
- 1841
- Pages
- 42
- Themes
- Murder, Writers
- Author
- Edgar Allan Poe