The Murders in the Rue Morgue with The Mystery of Marie Rog�t

by Edgar Allan Poe

Overview

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

Madame L'Espanaye and her daughter, Camille, have been found murdered at their home in the Rue Morgue (Paris). Camille's body was found stuffed upside down in the chimney of a fourth-floor, securely locked apartment, while her mother was found brutally beaten in a backyard with her throat cut so deep that her head fell off when the body was moved.

Following sensational headlines in the newspapers around Paris, C. Auguste Dupin, often cited as the first fictional "detective," uses abductive reasoning to solve the murders. Dupin became the prototype for future fictional detectives, including Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot.

The Mystery of Marie Rogět

Cited as the first true crime murder mystery, C. Auguste Dupin uses facts published in various newspapers to solve the murder of Marie Rogêt, a perfume saleswoman who is found floating in the Seine. Was it a group of no-good scoundrels, someone close to the victim, or just a random criminal act?

The Mystery of Marie Rogět is based on the real-life murder of Mary Cecilia Rogers, a tobacco saleswoman who was found floating in the Hudson River on July 28, 1841. Many theories were investigated, but unfortunately, the murder of the "beautiful cigar girl" was never solved.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798317638252
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	04/05/2025
Pages:	154
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.33(d)

About the Author

Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) was orphaned at the age of three and adopted by a wealthy Virginia family with whom he had a troubled relationship. He excelled in his studies of language and literature at school, and self-published his first book, Tamerlane and Other Poems, in 1827. In 1830, Poe embarked on a career as a writer and began contributing reviews and essays to popular periodicals. He also wrote sketches and short fiction, and in 1833 published his only completed novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. Over the next five years he established himself as a master of the short story form through the publication of "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Masque of the Red Death," "The Tell-Tale Heart," and other well–known works. In 1841, he wrote "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," generally considered the first modern detective story. The publication of The Raven and Other Poems in 1845 brought him additional fame as a poet.

Editorial Reviews

"A masterpiece, a wonder."

Poe - Charles Baudelair

"The Murders in the Rue Morgue changed the history of world literature."

Poe - Jeffrey Meyers