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Poe's detective character C. Auguste Dupin and his assistant, the unnamed narrator, undertake the unsolved murder of Marie Rogêt in Paris. The body of Rogêt, a perfume shop employee, is found in the Seine, and the press takes a keen interest in the mystery.
Poe changed the names and moved the location to Paris, but a real woman, Mary Cecilia Rogers was found murdered July 28, 1841. The police found her corpse floating in the Hudson River in Hoboken, New Jersey.
Edgar Allan Poe Tried and Failed to Crack the Mysterious Murder Case of Mary Rogers After a teenage beauty turned up dead in the Hudson River, not even the godfather of detective fiction could...
Dec 19, 2021 · Marie, whose Christian and family name will at once arrest attention from their resemblance to those of the unfortunate “segar-girl,” was the only daughter of the widow Estelle Rogêt.
Apr 29, 2023 · “The Mystery of Marie Roget” — 1867 — Prose Tales of Edgar Allan Poe, first series (New York: W. J. Widdleton), pp. 213-261 (This collection is extracted from the 1850-1856 edition of Poe's Works. It was reprinted several times.)
4 days ago · Detective story by Poe, published in 1842–43 as a sequel to “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” and reprinted in Tales (1845). The principal details are based on the actual New York murder case of Mary Cecilia Rogers.
Jul 10, 2017 · In 1841, the body of a young girl was found in the Hudson River and identified as Mary Rogers, a noted beauty who worked as a clerk in a tobacco shop. The cause of her death was uncertain, although her body and clothing appeared to be battered.
