The Murders in the Rue Morgue published by Edgar Allan Poe in 1841 is the original detective novel. Along with The Purloined Letter, it established the genre's important elements: a seemingly unsolvable murder, eccentric genius private detective, the oblivious sidekick foil, the overconfident yet feckless authorities, etc.
Dupin, master of deduction, solves the impossible mystery of the Rue Morgue murders with his superior powers of observation and analysis.
3 окт 2024
