Books by Edgar Allen Poe

"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe published in Graham's Magazine in 1841. It has been described as the first modern detective story; Poe referred to it as one of his "tales of ratiocination".C. Auguste Dupin is a man in Paris who solves the mystery of the brutal murder of two women. Numerous witnesses heard a suspect, though no one agrees on what language was spoken. At the murder scene, Dupin finds a hair that does not appear to be human. As the first fictional detective, Poe's Dupin displays many traits which became literary conventions in subsequent fictional detectives, including Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot. Many later characters, for example, follow Poe's model of the brilliant detective, his personal friend who serves as narrator, and the final revelation being presented before the reasoning that leads up to it. Dupin himself reappears in "The Mystery of Marie Rogêt" and "The Purloined Letter".

Syv fantastiske noveller af den amerikanske journalist og forfatter Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849). Novellerne blev offentliggjort første gang i amerikanske tidsskrifter i 1840'erne. Samlingen indeholder bl.a. novellerne Guldbillen og Den røde døds maskerade.Otto Rung (1874-1945) stod for den danske oversættelse, der udkom første gang i 1941 med titlen Guldbillen og andre hemmelighedsfulde fortællinger.

Collects all the tales of master of the uncanny, the unnerving, and the terrifying. This title contains stories written between 1843 and Poe's death, including "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Purloined Letter," and "The Cask of Amontillado."

Collects all the tales of this master of the uncanny, the unnerving, and the terrifying. This book includes author's stories that reflect his professed method of "writing as if the author were firmly impressed with the truth, yet astonished at the immensity of the wonders he related."