The Murders in the Rue Morgue
by Edgar Allan Poe · 1841
This book is in the public domain. Its US copyright has expired, so the full text is free to read at Internet Archive and a free Kindle edition is usually offered alongside the paid printings.
"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.
- Published
- 1841
- Pages
- 42
- ISBN
978-0-1460-0191-8- Readers
- 4.3 / 5 from 22 ratings (Open Library)
- Genre
- Mystery , Horror
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