The Murders in the Rue Morgue [The Dupin Tales]

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  Paperback
  2006

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  In the three tales collected here, in the only stand-alone volume of the Dupin Tales available, Edgar Allan Poe laid down most of the ground rules of detective fiction. August Dupin was the first great Detective, a creation that almost single-handedly gave rise to the genres of mystery and detective stories. Containing the stories The Murders in the Rue Morgue , The Purloined Letter and The Mystery of Marie Roger , this collection is published in May to coincide with the hardback publication of Matthew Pearl's The Poe Shadow , his wonderful second novel and follow-up to his international bestseller, The Dante Club.

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  Paperback
  1995

  $3.28

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  Paperback
  2009

  $9.29

  WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MATTHEW PEARL Edgar Allan Poe invented the genre of detective fiction with these three mesmerising stories of a young French eccentric named C. Auguste Dupin: 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue', 'The Mystery of Marie Roget' and 'The Purloined Letter'. Years later Dorothy Sayers would describe these tales as 'almost a complete manual of detective theory and practice'. Indeed, Poe's short mysteries inspired the creation of countless literary sleuths, among them Sherlock Holmes.Today the unique Dupin stories still stand out as utterly engrossing page-turners. This edition reproduces the definitive text of these stories and an introduction and appendix on 'The Earliest Detectives' by the novelist Matthew Pearl.