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The Murders in the Rue Morgue

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"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe published in Graham's Magazine in 1841. It has been described as the first modern detective story; Poe referred to it as one of his "tales of ratiocination". C. Auguste Dupin is a man in Paris who solves the mystery of the brutal murder of two women.

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Edgar Allan Poe

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Fiction children's fiction Language arts Fiction, horror American fiction (fictional works by one author) Translations into Japanese Fiction, mystery & detective, general Paris (france), fiction Detective and mystery stories Autographs France, fiction Murder American horror tales Libros de lectura Ingle s C. Auguste Dupin (Fictitious character) American Detective and mystery stories Dupin, auguste (fictitious character), fiction Auguste Dupin (Fictitious character)

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