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Edgar Allen Poe's: "The Murders in the Rue Morgue"
In Edgar Allen Poe's short story, "The Murders in the Rue Morgue",
a classic detective story is played out in a seedy Paris suburb. The story
begins as the narrator meets Monsieur C. Auguste Dupin, a poor but well-
read young man. As they become close friends, they live together in
seclusio ....
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.... and careful analysis, Dupin seems
to have solved the murder beyond the shadow of a doubt. The strange
circumstances lead Dupin to believe that the perpetrator could not have
been human but of the animal kingdom. He cites an orangutan as the killer,
an escapee from a careless owner. This accounts for the grotesque methods
of murder and the foreign "voice" that is heard at the scene of the crime.
The angry Frenchman witnesses mentioned was the ape's owner, who
discovered his pet's plunder after it was too late. Dupin is correct in
his accusa ....
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