The Murders in the Rue Morgue

by Edgar Allan Poe · first published 1841

"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is a short story by the American writer and literary critic 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. Numerous witnesses heard a suspect, though no one agrees on what language was spoken.

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Genre:

Detective fiction, Locked room mystery

Original language:

English

Reader rating:

★ 4.2 / 5 (21 on Open Library)

Year page:

1841