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The Murders in the Rue Morgue: And Other Stories (Konemann Classics)
by Poe, Edgar Allan
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 389508090X
- ISBN 13
- 9783895080906
- Seller
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Gig Harbor, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Konemann, 1995. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Small remainder mark upper exterior page edges, otherwise tight copy in unclipped jacket. 310pp..
Synopsis
"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 ". Similar works predate Poe's stories, including Das Fräulein von Scuderi (1819) by E.T.A. Hoffmann and Zadig (1748) by Voltaire. C. Auguste Dupin is a man in Paris who solves the mysterious brutal murder of two women.
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- Bookseller
- Veronica's Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 059848
- Title
- The Murders in the Rue Morgue: And Other Stories (Konemann Classics)
- Author
- Poe, Edgar Allan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 389508090X
- ISBN 13
- 9783895080906
- Publisher
- Konemann
- Place of Publication
- Koln
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- LITERATURE SHORT STORIES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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Veronica's Books
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