The Murders in the Rue Morgue - Paperback

by Ravell (Editor), Edgar Allan Poe (Author)

"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe published in Graham's Magazine in 1841. It has been claimed as the first detective story; Poe referred to it as one of his "tales of ratiocination". Similar works predate Poe's stories, including Das Fr ulein von Scuderi (1819) by E.T.A. Hoffmann and Zadig (1748) by Voltaire.