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The Murders in the Rue Morgue

Edgar Allan Poe

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"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.

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Subjects

  • Murder
  • Fiction
  • American Detective and mystery stories
  • C. Auguste Dupin (Fictitious character)
  • Fiction, mystery & detective, general
  • Dupin, auguste (fictitious character), fiction
  • Libros de lectura
  • Ingle s
  • France, fiction
  • Paris (france), fiction
  • Auguste Dupin (Fictitious character)
  • American fiction (fictional works by one author)
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