FROM THE CLASSICS SHELF

Murders in the Rue Morgue: Poe Creates Prototype of the Modern Detective Story

“To observe attentively is to remember distinctly.” — Edgar Allen Poe

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I was in sixth or seventh grade when I acquired and first read Edgar Allen Poe: The Complete Stories and Poems . I had been into horror films as well as thrillers at the time and was drawn naturally…