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The Murders in the Rue Morgue

The Dupin Tales (Modern Library Classics)

By Matthew Pearl, Edgar Allan Poe

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| Paperback | 9780679643425

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Includes The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Mystery of Marie Rogêt, and The Purloined Letter

Between 1841 and 1844, Edgar Allan Poe invented the genre of detective fiction with three mesmerizing stories of a young French eccentric named C. Auguste Dupin. Introducing to liContinue

Includes The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Mystery of Marie Rogêt, and The Purloined Letter

Between 1841 and 1844, Edgar Allan Poe invented the genre of detective fiction with three mesmerizing stories of a young French eccentric named C. Auguste Dupin. Introducing to literature the concept of applying reason to solving crime, these tales brought Poe fame and fortune to live on. Years later, Dorothy Sayers would describe “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” as “almost a complete manual of detective theory and practice.” Indeed, Poe’s short mysteries inspired the creation of countless literary sleuths, among them Sherlock Holmes. Today, the Dupin stories still stand out as unique, utterly engrossing page-turners.
This Modern Library edition reproduces the definitive texts of the three tales. It includes an enlightening Introduction by novelist Matthew Pearl and an Appendix, “The Earliest Detectives.”

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  • Classics corner: The Murders in the Rue Morgue

    Everyone knows Edgar Allan Poe. The author's influence hangs over the gloomier end of culture like marsh gas over a swamp. He's inspired everybody from Lou Reed and Tim Burton to Damien Hirst with his macabre tales and poetry and you can't have staye ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Fri, 24 Sep 2010

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 160 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 0679643427
  • ISBN-13: 9780679643425
  • Publisher: Modern Library
  • Pub date: May 23, 2006
  • Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm x 65 mm Just how big is that?
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