# The Murders in the Rue Morgue

by [Edgar Allan Poe](https://localbooks.app/authors/edgar-allan-poe)

- Genres: [본격·밀실 추리](https://localbooks.app/genres/mystery/traditional-and-locked-room), [단편소설](https://localbooks.app/genres/literary-fiction/short-stories)
- Set in: [파리, 일드프랑스, 프랑스](https://localbooks.app/places/fr/ile-de-france/paris)
- Audience: Adult
- Published: 1841
- Pages: 42

## Description

A mother and daughter are found brutally murdered in a Paris apartment locked from the inside, and the witnesses cannot agree on what language they heard through the door. C. Auguste Dupin reasons it out in the story often called the first modern detective tale.

## Where to buy

- [Open Library (ebook)](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41072W)
- [Project Gutenberg (ebook)](https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=The%20Murders%20in%20the%20Rue%20Morgue)

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