The Murders In The Rue Morgue

Author: Edgar Allan Poe

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  • : $16.95 AUD
  • : 9780099529583
  • : Random House UK
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  • : March 2009
  • : 198mm X 132mm X 10mm
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Barcode 9780099529583
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Description

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'. This edition reproduces the definitive text of these stories.

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Poe's three classic tales of mystery and detection WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MATTHEW PEARL

Author description

Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, USA, in 1809. Poe, short story writer, editor and critic, he is best known for his macabre tales and as the progenitor of the detective story. He died in 1849, in mysterious circumstances, at the age of forty.