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Vraždy V Ulici Morgue A Jiné Povídky (1901)

by Edgar Allan Poe(Favorite Author)

4.05 of 5 Votes: 3

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English

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Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Mladá fronta

review 1: I thought this short story was really impressive. I remember watching a black and white version of the film when I was really young and being really scared by it. Who would have known that I would read the book behind it one day. It’s a story about a murder that takes place in Paris which is almost unsolvable because they cant work out why the perpetrator would leave without any money, the killings are almost inhumanely gruesome and the police cant work out how the individual got in and then got away in the first place. There is an interesting section in the beginning about how analysis takes place and then need to view the whole as supposed to viewing things individually which we tend to do well in the west. This ties in with the way the detective is able to take the m... moreany disparately strange elements of the murder and put something coherent together. The murderer in the end is not human …
review 2: Comprising three short stories, this collection introduces C. Auguste Dupin, an amateur Parisian detective, to the world of literature. The Murders in the rue Morgues mystery is the archetype for all detective fiction written since its publication, introducing both the genius detective, totally rational and all-seeing, and his pedestrian sidekick, good for writing things down, but for very little else. That the solution to the mystery is quite implausible, is now beside the point. In the second story, The Mystery of Marie Rogêt, Dupin opines interminably on the murder of a young Parisian sales-girl, based solely on accounts published in various Paris newspapers. This is partly excusable; Poe wasn't in Paris, and was in fact referencing a similar incident in New York. However, it's far too long and the murderer is never actually revealed! The final story in the trio, The Purloined Letter, is another excursion for the genius, showing just how far his intellect is above that of the police detective. Only Dupin can deduce where the stolen letter is hidden, and only he can retrieve it - by a subterfuge that includes disguise. So, as historical background to the modern 'tec thriller, these stories are interesting, but neither their plots nor their styles make them essential reading. (April 2013) less

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