The Murders in the Rue Morgue: The Dupin Tales (Modern Library Classics)

by Edgar Allan Poe
The Murders in the Rue Morgue: The Dupin Tales (Modern Library Classics)
published
May 23rd 2006 (first published 1841) by Modern Library
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Paperback, 160 pages

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0679643427   (isbn13: 9780679643425)

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Includes The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Mystery of Marie Rogêt, and The Purloined Letter

Between 1841 and 1844, Edg...more





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Kanchan
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08/23/07

"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe in 1841. Poe referred to it as a "tale of ratiocination" featuring the brilliant deductions of C. Auguste Dupin; it is today regarded as one of the first detective stories[1:] and is almost certainly the first locked room mystery. It has a sequel of sorts in "The Mystery of Marie Roget."

The story surrounds a baffling double murder where Madame L'Espanaye and her daughter are brutally mur...more
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Rebecca
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11/05/07

bookshelves: classics, mysterygroupselections
Read in November, 2007
recommends it for: mystery lovers, those with logical brains, fans of Poe
I am reading this book in conjunction with The Poe Shadow by Matthew Pearl for my reading group. Seeing as Pearl wrote the new introduction for this collection of stories, I'm excited about the pairing!
And now that I'm done with both the Poe Shadow and The Dupin Tales, I am Poe-d out. The Dupin tales were interesting, and 3 short stories I feel I should have read already (Murder at the Rue Morgue, The Perloined Letter and The Murder of Marie Roget). The long winded speeches by Dupin tended to ...more
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Stamford
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10/17/08

As the blueprint for detective fiction obviously these tales are hugely influential and deserve a certain respect. I must say that I always enjoy Poe, but this is not his strongest work. The long-winded monologues of Dupin have not aged well – compare with Holmes to see how this style has been fine-tuned by Conan Doyle. And the denouement of the Rue Morgue is ridiculous.
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Smiller
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11/02/08

Good early detective fiction, pre-forensic cliche. They are anti-action, and all about Poe's theories of "ratiocination". Poe is fun to read and a good source for audio recordings too.
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Mj
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11/18/08


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11/15/08

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11/09/08

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11/08/08

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Bettie
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10/30/08

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A crafting audio: Poe's famous detective fiction; a locked room mystery.

Monkey Business indeed.
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Jill
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06/05/08

LOVED IT! But was very disconcerted to discover while reading that it appears that Conan Doyle borrowed HEAVILY (I'd say borderline plagiarized) a lot of ideas from Rue Morgue. There's a lot of discussion about language wrapped up in the mystery of Rue Morgue, which I found particuarly interesting. The rest of the stories were enjoyable also, but I couldn't get enough of Rue Morgue.
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Beth
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07/18/08

Think Sherlock Holmes was an entirely original character? Yea, that's what I thought, too. Until I read Poe's three short stories about all-knowing inspector Dupin. He cracks some classic cases including how a man was murdered in a room locked from the inside. For anyone into novels of detection, this is a great place to start (and a quicker read than Dickens' Bleak House).
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Chuck
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09/13/08

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I've always known these stories are where the dectective story started, but I didn't realize how much of the classic detective story was in place from the beginning. These stories are exactly like Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories (and, therefore, nearly much of what followed). It's too bad the solution to the title story is so ridiculous.

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avg rating (all editions): 3.86 (336 ratings)
avg rating (this edition): 3.86 (304 ratings)
number of reviews: 18







other editions

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