The Murders in the Rue Morgue

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

Author: Edgar Allan Poe

Publisher: SAMPI Books

Published: 2024-01-24

Total Pages: 20

ISBN-13: 6585934016

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"The Rue Morgue Murders" is a pioneering tale in the mystery genre, in which detective Auguste Dupin uses his acute observation and logic to solve a brutal double murder in Paris, revealing a surprising and unusual outcome.


Classic Tales of Mystery

Classic Tales of Mystery

Author: Editors of Canterbury Classics

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2021-09-21

Total Pages: 784

ISBN-13: 1645178943

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Eleven classic whodunits starring master sleuths such as Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, and Father Brown. A superstar lineup of detectives—including Sherlock Holmes, C. Auguste Dupin, and Hercule Poirot—headlines this elegant leather-bound edition of classic mystery stories. Short stories such as Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” and G. K. Chesterton’s “The Blue Cross” are ideal for a cozy evening by the fire, while novels like Agatha Christie’s The Murder on the Links and Jules Verne’s An Antarctic Mystery will keep you engrossed for days. The eleven works in this volume are preceded by a scholarly introduction that explores the origins of the genre, as well as the development of the modern mystery story and the contributions made by each author. Works Included Short stories: "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," Edgar Allan Poe "The Adventure of the Creeping Man," Sir Arthur Conan Doyle "The Blue Cross," G. K. Chesterton "The Coin of Dionysius," Ernest Bramah "The Anthropologist at Large," R. Austin Freeman "The Most Dangerous Game," Richard Connell Novels: The Murder on the Links, Agatha Christie Whose Body?, Dorothy Sayers The Thirty-nine Steps, John Buchan An Antarctic Mystery, Jules Verne Room 13, Edgar Wallace


The First Detective

The First Detective

Author: Edgar Allan Poe

Publisher:

Published: 2009-05

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13: 9781846777004

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The 'first detective' of fiction steps out 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' by Edgar Allan Poe is widely considered to be the first true detective story; also in this volume are the author's two other detective fiction classics featuring the same central character-'The Mystery of Marie Rogêt' & 'The Purloined Letter.' The French detective who features in all three is Chevalier Auguste Dupin, an amateur sleuth who puts himself in the position of the criminal and then uses logical deduction to discover how a crime was committed. This is an opportunity for lovers of classic crime and detective fiction to own and read these important and groundbreaking mysteries in a single volume, available in paperback or hardback with dust jacket for collectors.


Ten Great Mysteries

Ten Great Mysteries

Author: Edgar Allan Poe

Publisher: Scholastic

Published: 1960

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780590085953

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Ten tales by the master of the macabre.


The Murders in the Rue Morgue

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

Author: Carl Bowen

Publisher: Capstone Classroom

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 74

ISBN-13: 1434242595

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Retold in graphic novel form, Auguste Dupin solves the mystery of the strange murders in Paris, France.


Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe

Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe

Author: Edgar Allan Poe

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2011-02-16

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 0307781402

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A new selection for the NEA’s Big Read program A compact selection of Poe’s greatest stories and poems, chosen by the National Endowment for the Arts for their Big Read program. This selection of eleven stories and seven poems contains such famously chilling masterpieces of the storyteller’s art as “The Tell-tale Heart,” “The Fall of the House of Usher,” “The Cask of Amontillado,” and “The Pit and the Pendulum,” and such unforgettable poems as “The Raven,” “The Bells,” and “Annabel Lee.” Poe is widely credited with pioneering the detective story, represented here by “The Purloined Letter,” “The Mystery of Marie Roget,” and “The Murders in the Rue Morgue.” Also included is his essay “The Philosophy of Composition,” in which he lays out his theory of how good writers write, describing how he constructed “The Raven” as an example.


Chilling Tales by Edgar Allan Poe

Chilling Tales by Edgar Allan Poe

Author: Edgar Allan Poe

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2015-10-10

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 9781517729097

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EXCEPTIONAL EDITION Read the thirty greatest scary short-stories by Edgar Allan Poe, in a beautiful paperback edition: Ms. Found in a Bottle (1833) Berenice (1835) Morella (1835) Silence - A fable (1837) Ligeia (1838) The Fall of the House of Usher (1839) The Man That Was Used Up (1839) The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1841) The Oval Portrait (1842) The Black Cat (1842) The Tell-Tale Heart (1843) The Pit and The Pendulum (1843) The Gold-Bug (1843) A Tale of the Ragged Mountains (1844) The Balloon Hoax (1844) The Purloined Letter (1844) The Oblong Box (1844) The Hop-Frog (1845) The Purloined Letter (1845) The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar (1845) The Cask of Amontillado (1846) The Sphinx (1846) William Wilson (1839) The Imp Of The Perverse (1850) Eleonora (1850) The Spectacles (1850) Never Bet The Devil Your Head (1850) The Premature Burial (1850) The Masque of the Red Death (1850) The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether (1856) Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American author, poet, editor, and literary critic, widely regarded as a central figure of American literature. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story. He is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction and fantasy.