![]() ![]() Within three years of Poe’s birth both of his parents had died, and he was taken in by the wealthy tobacco merchant John Allan and his wife Frances Valentine Allan in Richmond, Virginia while Poe’s siblings went to live with other families. His other brother William Henry Leonard Poe would also become a poet before his early death, and Poe’s sister Rosalie Poe would grow up to teach penmanship at a Richmond girls’ school. ![]() The real Poe was born to traveling actors in Boston on January 19, 1809. But much of what we know about Poe is wrong, the product of a biography written by one of his enemies in an attempt to defame the author’s name. He is seen as a morbid, mysterious figure lurking in the shadows of moonlit cemeteries or crumbling castles. Just as the bizarre characters in Poe’s stories have captured the public imagination so too has Poe himself. Poe’s reputation today rests primarily on his tales of terror as well as on his haunting lyric poetry. He is widely acknowledged as the inventor of the modern detective story and an innovator in the science fiction genre, but he made his living as America’s first great literary critic and theoretician. This versatile writer’s oeuvre includes short stories, poetry, a novel, a textbook, a book of scientific theory, and hundreds of essays and book reviews. His works have been in print since 1827 and include such literary classics as The Tell-Tale Heart, The Raven, and The Fall of the House of Usher. The name Poe brings to mind images of murderers and madmen, premature burials, and mysterious women who return from the dead. “The Purloined Letter.” Entries for the individual stories are located elsewhere on Goodreads. There are three stories in the series: 1. Auguste Dupin short stories under the above title. Librarian's note: this entry is for a collection of C. Today, the unique Dupin stories still stand out as utterly engrossing page-turners. Decades later, Dorothy Sayers would describe “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” as “almost a complete manual of detective theory and practice.” Indeed, Poe’s short Dupin mysteries inspired the creation of countless literary sleuths, among them Sherlock Holmes. Introducing to literature the concept of applying reason to solving crime, these tales brought Poe fame and fortune, although much less of the second during his lifetime. In other news this is my 200th post, Yay! It only took me ten months to reach it.Between 18, Edgar Allan Poe invented the genre of detective fiction with three mesmerizing stories about a young and eccentric French private detective named C. You’ve got to read it for yourself.įor more Edgar Allan Poe, go to Murder He Wrote: Edgar Allan Poeįor more short stories, go to The October Game But how could anyone get in?ĭupin believes he has the case solved and places an ad in the newspaper to catch the killer. Has he figured it out? Who could have done such a horrible act? The only thing that was open was a window on one of the higher stories. Some think it was Spanish, others Italian, etc.ĭupin becomes interested in the case and follows it in all the papers. Everyone who came in heard the voice of whoever committed the act but could not understand the language. Both women were also shoved up the chimney.Įveryone was questioned but no one knows why it was committed, who did it, or how. Both women’s necks were cut so badly they were practically separated from their necks. The women were found was a razor caked with blood and gray tresses also dripping in blood, looking as if ripped from the head. When they came in the room they found it in incredible discord and destruction. ![]() They eventually gained access by using a crowbar. People heard and tried to get in, but every door and window was locked on the ground floor. The night before Madame L’Espanaye and her daughter, residents of Rue Morgue, were heard screaming in the middle of the night. One morning they look in the paper and see the headline EXTRAORDINARY MURDERS. He has just a little bit of money, which enables him to live and afford his greatest vice, books.ĭupin lives with his friend, the nameless narrator, and astounds him with his deductive reasoning, being able to tell what he is thinking! Auguste Dupin is from a very good family, but has lost all his money and is now poor. This is also believed to be the first detective mystery, Dupin being the forerunner to Sherlock Holmes in observation and sleuthing, Many believe that Doyle coped Poe with his character fifty years later, even though Doyle insists that Holmes is based on a professor he had while attaining his medical degree.Ĭ. This was the first Edgar Allan Poe story I ever read. Auguste Dupin Mysteries #1)” from Ten Great Mysteries by Edgar Allen Poe Thoughts Before Reading: ![]()
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