The Murders in the Rue Morgue
"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".
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
Graham's Magazine was a nineteenth-century periodical based in Philadelphia established by George Rex Graham and published from 1840 to 1858. It was alternatively referred to as Graham's Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine, Graham's Magazine of Literature and Art, Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature and Art, and Graham's Illustrated Magazine of Literature, Romance, Art, and Fashion.
Fashion plate from an 1849 issue of Graham's Magazine.
George Rex Graham, founder and editor of Graham's Magazine
Title page for Graham's Magazine, June 1852
