Der Doppelmord in der Rue Morgue

Experience the captivating world of Edgar Allan Poe! He is regarded as one of the most influential writers and is considered the inventor of the detective genre with his detective stories. Subsequent generations of authors owe him an immense debt. His character C. Auguste Dupin became the archetype of the analytical detective, serving as inspiration for famous figures like Sherlock Holmes. Additionally, Poe's protagonists employed modern investigative methods of their time, which today form the foundation of criminalistics. He even anticipated the popular true-crime format. This book contains a collection of Poe's most famous criminal cases: "The Gold Bug," "You Are the Murderer!," "The Man of the Crowd," "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," "The Mystery of Marie Rogêt," and "The Purloined Letter.".