description: First published in Graham's Magazine, April 1841, this tale is a literary landmark: the first modern detective story. There are no clues for police specialist C. August Dupin -- only a room in "wildest disorder" with all the doors and windows locked, a blood-smeared razor and a body shoved up a chimney. Who could have done this? And more importantly, why? Also included in this collection: "The Purloined Letter," "The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade," "A Descent into the Maelstrom," "The Raven" and "The Masque of the Red Death."
language: English
title: The Murders in the Rue Morgue & Other Stories
titlecomplete: The Murders in the Rue Morgue & Other Stories
characters: Isidore Musèt, Madame Deluc, Alexandre Etienne, Monsieur D, Pennifeather, Estelle Rogêt, Odenheimer, Adolphe Le Bon, C. Auguste Dupin, Alfonzo Carcio, Pauline Dubourg, Charles Goodfellow, Camille l’Espanaye, Monsieur G, Paul Dumas, Henri Duval, Alberto Montani, Barnabas Shuttleworthy, Marie Rogêt, William Bird, Monsieur Beauvais, Madame l’Espanaye, Jules Mignaud, Le Blanc, Valence (The Mystery of Marie Roget), Jacques St. Eustache
genres: Literature, Crime, Classics, Thriller, Gothic, 19th Century, Horror, Fiction, Short Stories, Mystery
ratings_count: 3522
publisher: Books on Tape, Inc.