Der Doppelmord in der Rue Morgue

by Edgar Allan Poe

Overview

Die Fälle des Auguste C. DupinDer Doppelmord in der Rue Morgue (The Murders in the Rue Morgue) war die erste von drei Kriminalgeschichten, die sich um die Figur des scharfsinnig ermittelnden Detektivs C. Auguste Dupin drehte. Diese erstmals im April 1841 in der Zeitschrift Graham's Magazine erschienene Detektivgeschichte war auch eine der ersten Kriminalgeschichten, die sich der Technik des verschlossenen Raums bediente. 1842 trat Dupin nochmals als Hauptfigur in der Kriminalerzählung Das Geheimnis der Marie Rogêt (The Mystery of Marie Rogêt) und schließlich 1844 in Der entwendete Brief (The Purloined Letter) auf.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783847806264
Publisher:	Henricus - Edition Deutsche Klassik
Publication date:	01/01/2012
Sold by:	CIANDO
Format:	eBook
File size:	470 KB
Language:	German

About the Author

Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) was orphaned at the age of three and adopted by a wealthy Virginia family with whom he had a troubled relationship. He excelled in his studies of language and literature at school, and self-published his first book, Tamerlane and Other Poems, in 1827. In 1830, Poe embarked on a career as a writer and began contributing reviews and essays to popular periodicals. He also wrote sketches and short fiction, and in 1833 published his only completed novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. Over the next five years he established himself as a master of the short story form through the publication of "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Masque of the Red Death," "The Tell-Tale Heart," and other well–known works. In 1841, he wrote "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," generally considered the first modern detective story. The publication of The Raven and Other Poems in 1845 brought him additional fame as a poet.