Cover of The Murders in the Rue Morgue and Other Stories (Assignation / Berenice / Domain of Arnheim / Eleonora / Landor's Cottage / Ligeia / Metzengerstein / Morella / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Mystery of Marie Roget / Purloined Letter / Tell-Tale Heart / William Wilson)
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The Murders in the Rue Morgue and Other Stories (Assignation / Berenice / Domain of Arnheim / Eleonora / Landor's Cottage / Ligeia / Metzengerstein / Morella / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Mystery of Marie Roget / Purloined Letter / Tell-Tale Heart / William Wilson)

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  • 1900 first published
  • 246 pages
  • 3 editions
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Published in 1900, The Murders in the Rue Morgue and Other Stories (Assignation / Berenice / Domain of Arnheim / Eleonora / Landor's Cottage / Ligeia / Metzengerstein / Morella / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Mystery of Marie Roget / Purloined Letter / Tell-Tale Heart / William Wilson) is a gothic fiction and horror novel by Edgar Allan Poe. The story is set in Paris and Valley of the Many-Colored Grass. It features William Wilson, Mr. Landor and Eleonora. Readers will find themes of Aristocracy, crime, first-person narrative and Homicide.

It has been published in 3 editions.

It runs to roughly 246 pages — 4–5 hours of reading at an average pace.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Characters

Subjects

  • Aristocracy
  • American Horror tales
  • Children's fiction
  • Classic Literature
  • Crime
  • Crime fiction
  • Detective and mystery stories
  • First-person narrative
  • Gothic fiction
  • Homicide
  • Horror
  • Horror fiction
  • Horror stories
  • Horror tales
  • Hyperesthesia
  • Murder

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Who wrote The Murders in the Rue Morgue and Other Stories (Assignation / Berenice / Domain of Arnheim / Eleonora / Landor's Cottage / Ligeia / Metzengerstein / Morella / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Mystery of Marie Roget / Purloined Letter / Tell-Tale Heart / William Wilson)?

The Murders in the Rue Morgue and Other Stories (Assignation / Berenice / Domain of Arnheim / Eleonora / Landor's Cottage / Ligeia / Metzengerstein / Morella / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Mystery of Marie Roget / Purloined Letter / Tell-Tale Heart / William Wilson) was written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1900.

What genre is The Murders in the Rue Morgue and Other Stories (Assignation / Berenice / Domain of Arnheim / Eleonora / Landor's Cottage / Ligeia / Metzengerstein / Morella / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Mystery of Marie Roget / Purloined Letter / Tell-Tale Heart / William Wilson)?

It is usually shelved as Gothic Fiction and Horror.

How long is The Murders in the Rue Morgue and Other Stories (Assignation / Berenice / Domain of Arnheim / Eleonora / Landor's Cottage / Ligeia / Metzengerstein / Morella / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Mystery of Marie Roget / Purloined Letter / Tell-Tale Heart / William Wilson)?

The median edition has 246 pages, about 4–5 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Murders in the Rue Morgue and Other Stories (Assignation / Berenice / Domain of Arnheim / Eleonora / Landor's Cottage / Ligeia / Metzengerstein / Morella / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Mystery of Marie Roget / Purloined Letter / Tell-Tale Heart / William Wilson)?

Readers who like it often enjoy Selected English Short Stories (Nineteenth Century), The Anthology of Ghost Stories and The Nightmare Reader.

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