"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
Facsimile of Poe's original manuscript for "The Murders in the Rue Morgue"
Illustration by Daniel Vierge of "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", 1870.
The moment Dupin questions the sailor about the murders. Illustration by Byam Shaw for a London edition dated 1909 with caption "The sailor's face flushed up; he started to his feet and grasped his cudgel".
Illustration by Aubrey Beardsley of "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", 1895.
The Mystery of Marie Rogêt
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"The Mystery of Marie Rogêt", often subtitled A Sequel to "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe written in 1842. This is the first murder mystery based o
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
…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 Rogêt" and "The Purloined Letter". The unnamed narrator opens with a lengthy commentary on the nature and practice of analytical reasoning, then describes…
The Ladies' Companion, November, 1842, Vol. 18, No. 1, New York.
1853 illustration for "The Mystery of Marie Rogêt"