WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MATTHEW PEARL Edgar Allan Poe invented the genre of detective fiction with these three mesmerising stories of a young French eccentric named C.
Indeed, Poe\'s short mysteries inspired the creation of countless literary sleuths, among them Sherlock Hol.
Years later Dorothy Sayers would describe these tales as \'almost a complete manual of detective theory and practice\'.
Auguste Dupin: \'The Murders in the Rue Morgue\', \'The Mystery of Marie Roget\' and \'The Purloined Letter\'.
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MATTHEW PEARL Edgar Allan Poe invented the genre of detective fiction with these three mesmerising stories of a young French eccentric named C