Murders in the Rue Morgue Study Guide

Murders in the Rue Morgue

Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe

The Murders in the Rue Morgue is the story of C. Auguste Dupin, a detective investigating the brutal murder of two women in the titular neighborhood. After pursuing a series of bizarre leads, Dupin discovers that the murderer is in fact an escaped orangutan, property of a negligent and brutal sailor. Terrified and confused in the London cityscape, the beast ran amok and killed. The story is often referred to as the first example of detective fiction.

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