Poe the Detective
| Author | : John Walsh |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 154 |
| Release | : 1967 |
| Genre | : Detective and mystery stories, American |
| ISBN | : |
The Mystery Of Marie Roget
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Universal Horrors
| Author | : Tom Weaver |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 617 |
| Release | : 2011-12-20 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 0786491507 |
Revised and updated since its first publication in 1990, this acclaimed critical survey covers the classic chillers produced by Universal Studios during the golden age of hollywood horror, 1931 through 1946. Trekking boldly through haunts and horrors from The Frankenstein Monster, The Wolf Man, Count Dracula, and The Invisible Man, to The Mummy, Paula the Ape Woman, The Creeper, and The Inner Sanctum, the authors offer a definitive study of the 86 films produced during this era and present a general overview of the period. Coverage of the films includes complete cast lists, credits, storyline, behind-the-scenes information, production history, critical analysis, and commentary from the cast and crew (much of it drawn from interviews by Tom Weaver, whom USA Today calls "the king of the monster hunters"). Unique to this edition are a new selection of photographs and poster reproductions and an appendix listing additional films of interest.
The Beautiful Cigar Girl
| Author | : Daniel Stashower |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 404 |
| Release | : 2007-12-04 |
| Genre | : True Crime |
| ISBN | : 1440620482 |
On July 28, 1841, the body of Mary Rogers, a twenty-year-old cigar girl, was found floating in the Hudson-and New York's unregulated police force proved incapable of solving the crime. One year later, a struggling writer named Edgar Allan Poe decided to take on the case-and sent his fictional detective, C. Auguste Dupin, to solve the baffling murder of Mary Rogers in "The Mystery of Marie Rog t."
The First Detective
| Author | : Edgar Allan Poe |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 136 |
| Release | : 2009-05 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9781846777004 |
The 'first detective' of fiction steps out 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' by Edgar Allan Poe is widely considered to be the first true detective story; also in this volume are the author's two other detective fiction classics featuring the same central character-'The Mystery of Marie Rogêt' & 'The Purloined Letter.' The French detective who features in all three is Chevalier Auguste Dupin, an amateur sleuth who puts himself in the position of the criminal and then uses logical deduction to discover how a crime was committed. This is an opportunity for lovers of classic crime and detective fiction to own and read these important and groundbreaking mysteries in a single volume, available in paperback or hardback with dust jacket for collectors.
The Paris Mysteries, Deluxe Edition
| Author | : Edgar Allan Poe |
| Publisher | : Pushkin Vertigo |
| Total Pages | : 193 |
| Release | : 2020-03-20 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1782275630 |
A beautiful gift edition of three macabre mysteries featuring the first and greatest of detectives, Auguste Dupin An apartment on the rue Morgue turned into a charnel house; the corpse of a shopgirl dragged from the Seine; a high-stakes game of political blackmail - three mysteries that have enthralled the whole of Paris, and baffled the city's police. The brilliant Chevalier Auguste Dupin investigates - can he find the solution where so many others before him have failed? These three stories from the pen of Edgar Allan Poe are some of the most influential ever written, widely praised and credited with inventing the detective genre. This edition contains: 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue', 'The Mystery of Marie Rogêt' and 'The Purloined Letter'.
Tales of Mystery and Imagination
| Author | : Edgar Allan Poe |
| Publisher | : London ; Edinburgh : H. Frowde |
| Total Pages | : 390 |
| Release | : 1903 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : |
Edgar Allan Poe and the Dupin Mysteries
| Author | : R. Kopley |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 264 |
| Release | : 2008-11-10 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 0230616445 |
Employing the methods of Poe's own detective, Edgar Allan Poe and the Dupin Mysteries offers new and surprising discoveries about Poe's stories "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," "The Mystery of Marie Rogêt," and "The Purloined Letter." Kopley sheds light on the beginnings of the modern detective tale and anchors Poe to his rightful place within the genre. Offering archival study and biographical analysis, as well as a reprint of the three stories, this book is an insightful and useful guide for students and experts alike.
Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
| Author | : Edgar Allan Poe |
| Publisher | : Vintage |
| Total Pages | : 258 |
| Release | : 2011-02-16 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0307781402 |
A new selection for the NEA’s Big Read program A compact selection of Poe’s greatest stories and poems, chosen by the National Endowment for the Arts for their Big Read program. This selection of eleven stories and seven poems contains such famously chilling masterpieces of the storyteller’s art as “The Tell-tale Heart,” “The Fall of the House of Usher,” “The Cask of Amontillado,” and “The Pit and the Pendulum,” and such unforgettable poems as “The Raven,” “The Bells,” and “Annabel Lee.” Poe is widely credited with pioneering the detective story, represented here by “The Purloined Letter,” “The Mystery of Marie Roget,” and “The Murders in the Rue Morgue.” Also included is his essay “The Philosophy of Composition,” in which he lays out his theory of how good writers write, describing how he constructed “The Raven” as an example.
The Detective Stories of Edgar Allan Poe
| Author | : Edgar Allen Poe |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 146 |
| Release | : 2015-10-10 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9780692553145 |
DETECTIVE STORIES FROM THE AUTHOR WHO INVENTED THE GENRE -- EDGAR ALLAN POE. "It is because I liked Edgar Allan Poe's stories so much that I began to make suspense films." ALFRED HITCHCOCK "Where was the detective story until Poe breathed the breath of life into it?" ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE "Mr. Poe has that indescribable something that men have agreed to call genius." JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL "Poe constantly and inevitably produced magic..." GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
Wicked Deeds
| Author | : Heather Graham |
| Publisher | : MIRA |
| Total Pages | : 206 |
| Release | : 2017-09-19 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1460398858 |
Nevermore… Eager to start their life together, historian Vickie Preston and Special Agent Griffin Pryce take a detour en route to their new home in Virginia and stop for a visit in Baltimore. But their romantic weekend is interrupted when a popular author is found dead in the basement of an Edgar Allan Poe—themed restaurant. Because of the mysterious circumstances surrounding the corpse, the FBI’s Krewe of Hunters paranormal team is invited to investigate. As more bizarre deaths occur, Vickie and Griffin are drawn into a case that has disturbing echoes of Poe’s great works, bringing the horrors of his fiction to life. The restaurant is headquarters to scholars and fans, and any of them could be a merciless killer. Except there’s also something reaching out from beyond the grave. The late, great Edgar Allan Poe himself is appearing to Vickie in dreams and visions with cryptic information about the murders. Unless they can uncover whose twisted mind is orchestrating the dramatic re-creations, Vickie and Griffin’s future as a couple might never begin…
