The First Detective by Edgar Allan Poe

The First Detective

C. Auguste Dupin #1-3

Edgar Allan Poe

128 pages first pub 1844 (editions)

fiction classics mystery short stories adventurous mysterious slow-paced
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Edgar Allan Poe invented and perfected the model for modern detective fiction, including Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot and many others. The formula: an extremely intelligent amateur sleuth out-thinks the official police, with a story often narra...

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