The Murders in the Rue Morgue
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The Murders in the Rue Morgue is an 1841 short story by Edgar Allan Poe widely regarded as the first modern detective story, introducing the analytical sleuth C. Auguste Dupin.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
detective fiction work
ⓘ
mystery story ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| author | Edgar Allan Poe ⓘ |
| centralCrime | double murder in a Paris apartment ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culprit | escaped orangutan ⓘ |
| fictionalDetective | C. Auguste Dupin ⓘ |
| fictionalStreet | Rue Morgue ⓘ |
| firstPublicationFormat | periodical ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Graham's Magazine ⓘ |
| followedBy |
The Mystery of Marie Rogêt
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The Purloined Letter ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
detective fiction ⓘ mystery ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
comic adaptations
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film adaptations ⓘ radio adaptations ⓘ television adaptations ⓘ |
| hasElement |
armchair detection
ⓘ
brilliant amateur detective ⓘ incompetent police ⓘ locked-room mystery ⓘ |
| hasMotiveForCrime | none (accidental killing by animal) ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter | none ⓘ |
| includedInCollection |
Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque (later editions and collections)
ⓘ
surface form:
Tales of Mystery and Imagination
|
| influenced |
Sherlock Holmes stories
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development of detective fiction genre ⓘ |
| introducedCharacter | C. Auguste Dupin ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Romanticism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | C. Auguste Dupin ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrator | unnamed first-person narrator ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | C. Auguste Dupin stories ⓘ |
| placeOfFirstPublication | Philadelphia ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1841 ⓘ |
| publisher | George Rex Graham ⓘ |
| settingCountry | France ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Paris ⓘ |
| theme |
analytical reasoning
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limits of police investigation ⓘ power of ratiocination ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfFiction | 19th century ⓘ |
| victim |
Madame L'Espanaye
ⓘ
Madame L'Espanaye ⓘ
surface form:
Mademoiselle Camille L'Espanaye
|
| widelyRegardedAs | first modern detective story ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Edgar Allan Poe