Murders in the Rue Morgue & Other Stories Audiobook (Unabridged)

" A classic. Edgar Poe's writing takes us to the middle of the daily living of nineteenth century. Its all there: all the misconceptions and prejudices of an "illuminated" century. A quick but delicious reading. "

" I really enjoyed Poe's writing style! "

" After the rambling beginning, it was ok. Kind of a weird and goofy solution to the murder but I guess that makes it interesting. "

" Two of the great classics together and in a short hour's read. "

" Listened to Librivox.org podcast. Read long ago. Always a good mystery to relive time to time. "

" Una historia fabulosa, sin la intensidad de otras obras de Poe pero excelentemente contada. "

" Basically gruesome Sherlock Holmes with a bizarrely absurd ending. I like it. "

" First book i've ever read by Allan Poe. Liked it a lot. Liket so much his writting! "

" My first "real" crime novel and my first time reading Poe. "

" Exciting novel, classic of detective. Talks about mathematics and logical sequences are very interesting such as saspence which increasing along all book. Brilliant. "

" It's interesting from a historical point of view - the first fictional detective and possible precurser to Sherlock Holmes. The story is kind of in an odd style, though, to our modern eyes. Certainly Dupin himself is an odd one - I would say even odder than Sherlock. "

" In this novel, Poe shows Auguste Dupin's ability as a detective since he was able to deduce not only what people were thinking but could also read a murder scene as though it were a book. "

" The very first detective story. I found the solution of the mystery to be somewhat disappointing, but it is certainly the story that set the stage for Sherlock Holmes and all others that followed. "

" I don't like his stories... at ALL, but it was one of the better ones. "

" I wanted to read The Murder in the Rue Morgue as it is considered to be the prototype of Detective fiction! It is an annoying little tale. I enjoyed The Perloined Letter more. "

" Sherlock Holmes may have made fun of Dupin and his methods, but this book remains one of the high standards in mystery writing. "

" Too fantastical for me, but Dupin is very cool! "

" Fun to look at the old stories and see the similarities with today's crime solver fiction. It's a little long as Poe tries to emphasize the genius of Dupin, butI hoped the class liked learning a little of the history. "

" Poe basically came up with Sherlock Holmes, but called him Dupin. Then Conan Doyle ripped him off and the rest, as they say, is geography. "

" Classic Poe narrative with less of the opium. The book provided an interesting introduction to set the stage in part 1. "

" We are currently reading this book for our mysteries unit and it's very gorey but quite interesting! "

" I've just finished listening to a bunch of Sherlock Holmes & Chris said I should step back further and listen to Poe's Murders in the Rue Morgue, which some call the first dectective novel. "

" One of the most fascinating things about this book is examining the similarities between this piece and the writings of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Direct connection and potential inspiration. "

" The basis to all detective novels, the origin of a genre. A classic, Poe at his best created forensic thinking, and explained it as a literal walk in the park. "

" After reading Holmes I went to Poe's Auguste Dupin (the original Holmes). Weird, gruesome stories. It's what you'd expect from Poe, I guess. "