The murders in the Rue Morgue - Softcover

Edgar Allan Poe

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8723901179 ISBN 13: 9788723901170

Publisher: Lektorklett, 2008

Synopsis

'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' is Poe's first detective story introducing the master detective M. Dupin. Like most of Poe's famous characters he lives a life withdrawn from reality. The story is set in Paris where two women are brutally murdered.

'The Gold Bug': William Legrand finds an old piece of parchment written in secret code. Using this he tries to find Captain Kidd's hidden treasure.

About this title

Product Description

Poe's 3 classic tales of mystery and detection, with an introduction by Matthew Pearl. January 2009 marks the 200th anniversary of Poe's birth.

Review

"The best detective in fiction...Dupin is unrivalled" (Arthur Conan Doyle)

"Poe's blackly ingenious tale of brutal murder in 19th-century Paris establishes C. Auguste Dupin, a man of 'peculiar analytic ability', as the model for pretty much every intellectual detective to come" (The Ultimate Reading List Sunday Telegraph)

"For their supernatural grotesquerie and graveyard doom,[Poe's stories] foreshadow Stephen King and the "southern gothic" of Truman Capote... his work continues to enthral. His greatest tales radiate a dark humour and mockery that strike an oddly modern note." ( Sunday Times)

"If genius is an exceptional capacity for imaginative creation, Poe had it in spades. With Dupin in The Murders In The Rue Morgue, he created the first detective story before the word 'detective' existed" ( Daily Mail)

"The modern horror novel owes an enormous debt to Poe, and the novel of psychological horror owes him almost everything" ( Spectator)

Edition details

• Publisher: Lektorklett
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8723901179
• ISBN 13: 9788723901170
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• Edition number: 1