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Madame L'Espanaye and her daughter Camille have been found dead at their home in the Rue Morgue, a fictional street in Paris. The mother was found in a yard behind the house, with multiple broken bones and her throat so deeply cut that her head fell off when the body was moved.
- United States
- April 1841
- English
- Graham's Magazine
A classic example of Poe's macabre and ingenious style, this story depicts the analysis of a murder case by a detective and a madman. The narrator explains his own role as a writer and a critic of the game of chess, and his views on the nature of the human mind and the power of observation.
Dec 7, 1986 · A TV movie based on Edgar Allan Poe's story, starring George C. Scott as Auguste Dupin, a detective who solves a series of grisly murders in Paris. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more.
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- Crime, Mystery, Horror
- Jeannot Szwarc
- 1986-12-07
The Murders in the Rue Morgue Part Two iT Was in paRis in The summeR of 1840 that I met August Dupin. He was an unusually interesting young man with a busy, forceful mind. This mind could, it seemed, look right through a man’s body into his soul, and uncover his deepest thoughts. Sometimes he seemed to be not one, but two people — one who ...
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A classic tale of murder and detection by Edgar Allan Poe, featuring the analytical genius Dupin and a mysterious ape. Learn how Dupin solves the case of the double homicide in a Paris apartment using clues, logic, and observation.
The Murders in the Rue Morgue, short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in Graham’s magazine in 1841. It is considered one of the first detective stories. The story opens with the discovery of the violent murder of an old woman and her daughter. No grisly detail is spared in the description.
A summary and analysis of Poe's short story The Murders in the Rue-Morgue, a Gothic mystery about a pair of detectives who solve a gruesome murder in Paris. The story explores the themes of logic, creativity, and the analytical mind, and contrasts them with the intuitive and intuitive mind.
