The Murders in the Rue Morgue, Edgar Allan Poe
The Murders in the Rue Morgue, Edgar Allan Poe
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The Murders in the Rue Morgue

Author: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrator: Cathy Dobson

Unabridged: 1 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/10/2013

Categories: Fiction, Classic


Synopsis

Poe's famous detective story which is credited with inspiring an entire genre. The first case of the celebrated private detective, Dupin.

When two women are found murdered in the most gruesome and mysterious circumstances in their apartment in the Rue Morgue, the Parisian police are baffled. Not only is one of the corpses stuffed feet first up a chimney in a room locked from the inside, but the other is hideously mutilated and lying in the yard outside. The voices of the two assailants were clearly heard by multiple witnesses, but no trace can be found of them. Once Dupin takes an interest in the case, however, his superb powers of observation and deduction lead him to a most remarkable and yet self-evident conclusion.

About Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American poet, short story writer, editor, and literary critic who is credited with inventing the detective fiction genre and with contributing to the emerging science fiction genre. He began his literary career with the anonymous publication of a collection of his poems entitled Tamerlane and Other Poems. He then turned to writing prose and spent the next several years working for literary journals and periodicals, becoming well known for his particular style of literary criticism. He served for a time on the staff of the New York Mirror, in which his poem "The Raven" was published. Poe's other well-known works include his stories "The Purloined Letter," "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," and "The Mystery of Marie Roget."


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