The Murders in the Rue Morgue

About this book

"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.

Subjects

  • american detective and mystery stories
  • american fiction (fictional works by one author)
  • american horror tales
  • auguste dupin (fictitious character)
  • autographs
  • c. auguste dupin (fictitious character)
  • detective and mystery stories
  • dupin, auguste (fictitious character), fiction
  • fiction
  • fiction, horror
  • fiction, mystery & detective, general
  • france, fiction
  • ingle s
  • language arts
  • libros de lectura
  • murder
  • paris (france), fiction
  • translations into japanese