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Edgar Allen Poe: The Murders in the Rue Morgue: The first detective story
Author: Edgar Allen Poe
Narrator: philip chenevert
Unabridged: 1 hr 40 min
Format: Digital Audiobook
Publisher: Findaway Voices
Published: 11/28/2023
Genre: Fiction - Mystery & Detective - International Myster & Crime
Synopsis
"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is a story by Edgar Allan Poe published in Graham's Magazine in 1841. It has been recognized as the first 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. Writing the first true detective in fiction, Poe's Dupin originated many literary conventions which would be used in future fictional detectives including Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot. Many later characters, for example, follow Poe's model of the brilliant detective, his personal friend who serves as narrator, and the final revelation being presented before the reasoning that leads up to it. Dupin himself reappears in "The Mystery of Marie Roget" and "The Purloined Letter".
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