Allan Poe's

Detective
Stories
Saharova Katerina YA-41
A little bit of biography
Edgar Allan Poe, (born January 19,
1809, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.—
died October 7, 1849, Baltimore,
Maryland), American short-story
writer, poet, critic, and editor who is
famous for his cultivation of mystery
and the macabre. His tale “The
Murders in the Rue Morgue” (1841)
initiated the modern detective story,
and the atmosphere in his tales of
horror is unrivaled in American fiction.
His “The Raven” (1845) numbers
among the best-known poems in the
national literature.
"Father" of the Detective Story
Edgar Allan Poe was the undisputed "Father" of the Detective Story.
He created so much that is of importance in the field - literally
creating the template for all of detective fiction to follow.

I n j u s t t h r e e s t o r i e s , P o e c r e a t e d t h e a m a t e u r d e t e c t i v e a n d h i s n a r r a t o r f rie n d , t h e l o ck e d - ro o m m y s t e ry , t h e t a l e n t e d
b u t e c c e n t r i c a m a t e u r s l e u t h o u t w i t t i n g t h e o f f i c i a l p o l i c e f o r c e , w h a t H a y cra f t ca l l s t h e " ca t a l o g u e o f m in u t ia ,"
i n t e r v i e w s w i t h w i t n e s s e s , t h e f i r s t f i c t i o n a l c a s e o f a n a n i m a l c o m m i t t i n g a p e rce iv e d m u rd e r, t h e f irs t a rm ch a ir
d e t e c t i v e , t h e f i r s t f i c t i o n a l c a s e w h i c h c l a i m e d t o s o l v e a r e a l m u r d e r m y s t e ry p re v io u s l y u n s o l v e d b y p o l ice , t h e
c o n c e p t o f h i d i n g s o m e t h i n g i n p l a i n s i g h t s o t h a t i t i s o v e r l o o k e d b y e v e ry o n e w h o is s e a rch in g f o r it ( e x ce p t f o r t h e
d e t e c t i v e , o f c o u r s e ) , s c a t t e r i n g o f f a l s e c l u e s b y t h e c r i m i n a l , a c c u s i n g s o m e o n e u n j u s t l y , t h e co n ce p t o f
" r a t i o c i n a t i o n " ( l a t e r c a l l e d " o b s e r v a t i o n a n d d e d u c t i o n " b y S h e r l o c k H o l m e s a n d o t h e rs ! ) , s o l u t io n a n d e x p l a n a t io n
b y t h e d e t e c t i v e , a n d m o r e . O t h e r s t o r i e s b y P o e i n t r o d u c e d c r y p t i c c i p h e rs , s u rv e il l a n ce , t h e l e a s t - l ik e l y p e rs o n
t h e m e , a n d o t h e r i n g r e d i e n t s t h a t h a v e s p i c e d u p m a n y a r e c i p e f o r a crim e s t o ry .
 "The Rules of the Game"

Poe also began the The detective stor y

tradition so fondly must play fair
embraced by
connoisseurs of
crime fiction --
what became
known as "The
Rules of the Game,"
which state, among The detective stor y
other things must be readabl e
 The Detective
"The Murders in the
Story, per se, was
Rue Morgue"
invented in the
three stories
"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is a short story by
Edgar Allan Poe published in Graham's Magazine in
which feature
"the Chevalier C.
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
Auguste Dupin."
These are:
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".
 "The Mystery of
Marie Roget"
This book contains Edgar Allen Poe’s 1842
short story, “The Mystery of Marie Rogêt”.
Starring the famous young detective C.
Auguste Dupin, it is the tale of the
unsolved murder of Marie Rogêt, a perfume
shop employee who is found dead in the
Seine River. Through his mastery of
ratiocination and in spite of media
sensationalism, Dupin determines that a
boat must be located in order to track
down the singular culprit. A tense and
gripping story by the father of detective
fiction, “The Mystery of Marie Rogêt” is
highly recommended for lovers of genre,
and is not to be missed by fans of Poe’s
fantastic
 "The Purloined
These stories are
considered to be
Letter"
important early
forerunners of the
modern detective
story. It is the third of his three detective
stories featuring the fictional C.
Auguste Dupin, the other two being
"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and
"The Mystery of Marie Rogêt".

It first appeared in the literary annual The Gift for 1845 (1844) and soon
was reprinted in numerous journals and newspapers.
 "The Gold Bug"
which introduced a cipher and the protagonist's attempt to solve it

Other Poe stories, although "Thou Art the Man"

embracing crime and/or
mystery, are not true detective
stories because they don't
introduce all the clues (and so
was the first known inclusion of the use of ventriloquism to trick a suspect into
confessing to a murder.
"The Man of the Crowd"
which may well be the first story to include what later became known as
"surveillance."

fail to meet the criterion of

"playing fair" with the reader)
until after the dénouement.
Nevertheless, they introduced
elements which have become
standard in detective and crime
fiction. These stories include:
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