The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Horror story (at first) initially published in 1841 and written by the American writer Edgar Allan Poe.
This brief text represents the beginning of a long journey in universal literature, because it lays the foundations of what is known as a detective or police novel, since it includes, one by one, all the elements that are usually present in these two genres, namely: a progressive story where the clues follow one another to keep the reader in suspense and always saving a small unexpected twist for the end.
Edgar Allan Poe, without any type of current questioning about this fact that we are commenting on, welcomes the detective story to the world, with everything that this implies, that is, with a multitude of characters who, throughout the history of literature and after the appearance of this story, they have run wild and delighted avid readers. Of all these characters we can highlight Sherlock Holmes, created by Arthur Conan Doyle, or Hercule Poirot, created by Agatha Christie.
This brief text represents the beginning of a long journey in universal literature, because it lays the foundations of what is known as a detective or police novel, since it includes, one by one, all the elements that are usually present in these two genres, namely: a progressive story where the clues follow one another to keep the reader in suspense and always saving a small unexpected twist for the end.
Edgar Allan Poe, without any type of current questioning about this fact that we are commenting on, welcomes the detective story to the world, with everything that this implies, that is, with a multitude of characters who, throughout the history of literature and after the appearance of this story, they have run wild and delighted avid readers. Of all these characters we can highlight Sherlock Holmes, created by Arthur Conan Doyle, or Hercule Poirot, created by Agatha Christie.
