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The Murders in the Rue Morgue

by Edgar Allan Poe
Chris Lutkin
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First published in a 1841 edition of Graham's Magazine, The Murders in the Rue Morgue is often cited as the first modern detective story. The first of three stories to center around C. Auguste Dupin, Poe's fictional detective, The Murders in the Rue Morgue involves Dupin's investigation of the baffling murders of a mother and daughter. Witnesses report having heard two voices, one French and one unintelligible during the crime. At the murder scene, Dupin finds a hair that does not appear to be human. Establishing many of the tropes that would later become common to detective fiction, the story begins with an explanation of Dupin's theory of ratiocination, a concept which greatly influenced the creation of detective fiction itself and other great detectives like Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot.
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Series: Select Stories of Edgar Allan Poe Publisher: Dreamscape Media Edition: Unabridged

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  • ISBN: 9781666598155
  • File size: 44320 KB
  • Release date: July 25, 2017
  • Duration: 01:32:19

MP3 audiobook

  • ISBN: 9781666598155
  • File size: 44326 KB
  • Release date: July 25, 2017
  • Duration: 01:32:20
  • Number of parts: 2

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Classic Literature Horror Short Stories Young Adult Fiction

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English

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Lexile® Measure:890
Text Difficulty:4-5

First published in a 1841 edition of Graham's Magazine, The Murders in the Rue Morgue is often cited as the first modern detective story. The first of three stories to center around C. Auguste Dupin, Poe's fictional detective, The Murders in the Rue Morgue involves Dupin's investigation of the baffling murders of a mother and daughter. Witnesses report having heard two voices, one French and one unintelligible during the crime. At the murder scene, Dupin finds a hair that does not appear to be human. Establishing many of the tropes that would later become common to detective fiction, the story begins with an explanation of Dupin's theory of ratiocination, a concept which greatly influenced the creation of detective fiction itself and other great detectives like Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot.
Expand title description text
Classic Literature Horror Short Stories Young Adult Fiction
  • Details

    Publisher:
    Dreamscape Media
    Edition:
    Unabridged

    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    ISBN: 9781666598155
    File size: 44320 KB
    Release date: July 25, 2017
    Duration: 01:32:19

    MP3 audiobook
    ISBN: 9781666598155
    File size: 44326 KB
    Release date: July 25, 2017
    Duration: 01:32:20
    Number of parts: 2

  • Creators
  • Formats
    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    MP3 audiobook
  • Languages
    English
  • Levels
    Lexile® Measure: 890
    Text Difficulty: 4-5