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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Victoria Two
<msvictoriatwo@...> wrote:
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>
>
> American Public Media
> Subject: The Writer's Almanac for Thursday, April
20, 2006
>
> In 1841, on this day, the first detective story was
published. In
his story
> The Murders in the Rue Morgue," published in
Graham's Magazine,
Edgar Allen Poe created mystery's first fictional detective,
Auguste C. Dupin. The story introduced many of the elements
of mysteries that are still popular today: the genius
detective, the not-so-smart sidekick, the plodding policeman
and the use of the red herring to lead readers off the
track.
Small but important point here: the name of Poe's seminal
fictional consulting detective was "C. Auguste Dupin," not
"Auguste C. Dupin."
Thanks for reminding us. I had no idea that Poe wrote that
first one so early.
Back to Lurking-
Brian Thornton
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