The Murders in the Rue Morgue: And Other Stories
by POE, EDGAR ALLAN
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- as new
- Hardcover
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 389508090X
- ISBN 13
- 9783895080906
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Synopsis
"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe published in Graham's Magazine in 1841. It has been claimed as the first detective story; Poe referred to it as one of his "tales of ". Similar works predate Poe's stories, including Das Fräulein von Scuderi (1819) by E.T.A. Hoffmann and Zadig (1748) by Voltaire. C. Auguste Dupin is a man in Paris who solves the mysterious brutal murder of two women.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008668
- Title
- The Murders in the Rue Morgue: And Other Stories
- Author
- POE, EDGAR ALLAN
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 389508090X
- ISBN 13
- 9783895080906
- Publisher
- KONEMANN
- Place of Publication
- Bonner Strase, Koln. Germany
- Date Published
- 1995
- Size
- 12mo - over 6
- Keywords
- FRANCE, PARIS; MYSTERY; HORROR; DETECTIVE STORY; AMERICAN FICTIONAL LITERATURE;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction. Classics;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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