Morgue kadun kauhu by Edgar Allan Poe
"Morgue kadun kauhu" by Edgar Allan Poe is a detective short story written in the mid-19th century. The tale introduces the brilliant amateur sleuth C. Auguste Dupin and his unnamed companion as they apply acute reasoning to a grotesque double murder in Paris. Pioneering the locked-room mystery, it emphasizes observation, logic, and psychological insight over police routine. Expect a tense, cerebral inquiry with a macabre edge. The opening of the story begins
with a Finnish biographical preface on Poe’s life, hardships, and artistic range, highlighting his influence on modern detective fiction. It then shifts to the narrator’s stay in Paris, his meeting with Dupin in a bookshop, their reclusive, nocturnal habits, and a striking display of Dupin’s mind-reading powers. A newspaper details the shocking Rue Morgue killings: a ransacked room, two women dead in inexplicable ways, and witnesses reporting a second, uncanny voice no one can place, leaving the police baffled and a messenger, Lebon, arrested. Dupin criticizes the investigation, secures access to the apartment, and proves a hidden window mechanism and the route of escape via shutters and a gas pipe. Weighing the inhuman strength and the unrecognizable “voice,” he infers a non-human culprit and places a newspaper notice to draw out the likely handler, then waits at home with the narrator to confront the visitor. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 |
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| Title | Morgue kadun kauhu |
| Original Publication | Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Ahjo, 1920. |
| Note | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Murders_in_the_Rue_Morgue |
| Note | Appears to be an abridged translation of: The murders in the Rue Morgue. |
| Credits | Tuula Temonen and Tapio Riikonen |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 40.6 (College-level). Difficult to read. |
| Language | Finnish |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Detective and mystery stories |
| Subject | Dupin, C. Auguste (Fictitious character) -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 76496 |
| Release Date | Jul 13, 2025 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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