Comments on: What are the names of MYSTERY books Edgar Allan Poe wrote?

By: Robert G

Robert G — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:06:59 +0000

I agree with Jeffery Marks answer and you can read a few of the stories here:

Murders in the Rue Morgue:
http://poestories.com/text.php?file=murders

The Purloined Letter:
http://poestories.com/text.php?file=purloined

The Gold Bug:
http://poestories.com/text.php?file=goldbug
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By: Jeffrey Marks

Jeffrey Marks — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:23:59 +0000

Poe never wrote a mystery novel. That was left to later authors.

He wrote a series of short stories which set up most of the known types and formulas of the mystery stories.

1) Murders in the Rue Morgue, his first short story, introduces Dupin, his detective. It’s a locked room mystery.

2) The Purloined Letter, in which an object is hidden and must be found.

3) The Mystery of Marie Roget, a story where Poe used a real-life murder mystery as his jumping off point.

Two other stories are often called part of Poe’s mystery tradition.

4) The Gold Bug

5) Thou Art the Man
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By: plumsiren

plumsiren — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:09:59 +0000

He didn't really write whole mystery books, per se, but he did write short stories like 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' and 'The Purloined Letter'. His detective was Auguste Dupin.
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By: kdsd731

kdsd731 — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:55:59 +0000

I am unaware that Poe had written any mysteries. I have the Complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe at home. I’ll have to look through it. I havne’t read the whole thing but I have read a lot of it…
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