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The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is a mystery story by Edgar Allan Poe published in Graham's Magazine in 1841. It has been recognized as the first modern detective story, Poe referred to it as one of his "tales of ratiocination". The story opens with a lengthy explanation of ratiocination. Dupin demonstrates his prowess by deducing his companion's thoughts as if through apparent supernatural power. The story then turns to the baffling double mur...

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Wussten Sie, dass Krimis nicht erst seit Sherlock Holmes und Auguste Dupin in aller Munde sind? Schon Friedrich Schiller berichtete zu seiner Zeit aus dem Verbrechermilieu, Charles Dickens dokumentierte Polizeieinsätze und Vidocq beschrieb in seiner Autobiografie, wie er vom Kriminellen zum ersten Privatdetektiv der Welt wurde. Meister der Spannung wie Edgar Wallace und Arthur Conan Doyle perfektionierten das Genre der Kriminalgeschichte, das ...

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Edgar Allan Poe (born Edgar Poe) was born in Boston Massachusetts on January 19th 1809 and was orphaned at an early age. Taken in by the Allan family his education was cut short by lack of money and he went to the military academy, West Point where he failed to become an officer. His early literary works were poetic but he quickly turned to prose. He worked for several magazines and journals until in January 1845 The Raven was published and be...

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Classic Stories

The complete works of previously unpublished and published poetry of a pioneer of modern black writing

Ernest Valdemar wird an Tuberkulose sterben, daran kann gar kein Zweifel bestehen. Er kommt mit seinem Freund Dr. Pelham, der sich mit Magnetismus beschäftigt, überein, seinen bevorstehenden Tod zu einem grausigen Experiment zu nutzen, zu etwas, das bisher noch nie jemand gewagt hat: Mr. Valdemar will sich vor Eintritt seines Todes in Hypnose versetzen lassen...

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American writer, poet, editor and literary critic. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective-fiction genre.