Edgar Allan 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 recognized as the first modern detective story; Poe referred to it as one of his "tales of ratiocination". Two works that share some similarities predate Poe's stories, including "Das Fräulein von …

L'escarabat d'or és un conte d'Edgar Allan Poe, publicat al "Dollar Newspaper" entre el 21 de juny i el 28 de juny de 1843. El narrador ens explica la història que va viure William Legrand, un cavaller de Nova Orleans, al mig del bosc, en companyia d'un servent negre, Júpiter, i del descobriment d'un presumpte …