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Name: The Murders in the Rue Morgue
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Author: Edgar Allan Poe

📘 The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe

Published in Graham’s Magazine in 1841, "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is widely regarded as the first modern detective story. Edgar Allan Poe calls it one of his "tales of ratiocination". The narrative follows the Parisian detective C. Auguste Dupin as he applies logical reasoning to solve the brutal double murder of two women in the Rue Morgue.

First publish date: December 1994

Genre: Mystery & Detective/Private Investigator

Authors: Edgar Allan Poe

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