Cover of The Murders in the Rue Morgue and Other Tales (Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar / Hop-Frog / Imp of the Perverse / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Purloined Letter / Some Words with a Mummy / System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether / Thou Art the Man / Von Kempelen and His Discovery)
Horror

The Murders in the Rue Morgue and Other Tales (Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar / Hop-Frog / Imp of the Perverse / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Purloined Letter / Some Words with a Mummy / System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether / Thou Art the Man / Von Kempelen and His Discovery)

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  • 1997 first published
  • 2 editions
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The Murders in the Rue Morgue and Other Tales (Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar / Hop-Frog / Imp of the Perverse / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Purloined Letter / Some Words with a Mummy / System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether / Thou Art the Man / Von Kempelen and His Discovery) is a 1997 horror book by Edgar Allan Poe. The story is set in Paris. It features C. Auguste Dupin, Minister D— and Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon. Readers will find themes of self-destructive behavior, metaphors, coroners and Hanging.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Tropes

Setting

Characters

Subjects

  • Self-destructive behavior
  • Metaphors
  • Coroners
  • Hanging
  • Horror fiction
  • Cats
  • Children's fiction
  • Short story
  • First-person narrative
  • Unreliable narrators
  • Self-hatred
  • Gallows
  • Mystery and detective stories
  • Monograms
  • American Horror tales
  • Horror tales, American

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Who wrote The Murders in the Rue Morgue and Other Tales (Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar / Hop-Frog / Imp of the Perverse / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Purloined Letter / Some Words with a Mummy / System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether / Thou Art the Man / Von Kempelen and His Discovery)?

The Murders in the Rue Morgue and Other Tales (Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar / Hop-Frog / Imp of the Perverse / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Purloined Letter / Some Words with a Mummy / System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether / Thou Art the Man / Von Kempelen and His Discovery) was written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1997.

What genre is The Murders in the Rue Morgue and Other Tales (Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar / Hop-Frog / Imp of the Perverse / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Purloined Letter / Some Words with a Mummy / System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether / Thou Art the Man / Von Kempelen and His Discovery)?

It is usually shelved as Horror.

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