The Murders in the Rue Morgue (Abridged): A Full-Cast Audio Drama Audiobook

" Poe's work itself is 5 stars, no question. But this edition would benefit from some footnotes/annotations for some of the more obscure things and the French phrases, rather than the additional material and the "reader's circle" questions/discussions, particularly for someone not familiar with the early 1800s. "

" While I enjoy a few things of Poe, the detective "Dupin" is a bit of a bore. I'm sure they were fascinating tales at the time, but they are so easy to "solve" by today's standards. So...they don't really hold up well over time. "

" I can't say that I actually liked this short story. It was a difficult read because of the writing style. I enjoyed the mystery, but found the perpetrator to not be plausible. The complexity of the way the murder was accomplished was too great. "

" This story seemed well ahead of its time. I'm fascinated by Edgar Allan Poe and his life and death and even though his topics don't always enthrall me and I skip some of the wordiness of his writing style, the stories are interesting and creepy. Good, quick read. "

" The first of its kind. Started the Sherlock Holmes trend. "

" Read this for my book club. "

" Deductive reasoning can solve anything. "

" Fun to read the father of all detective stories. Interesting to realize that Poe thought of the detective story and got the ball rolling. "

" A little wordy, but still good. Very interesting, and his reasoning is a little mind boggling... "

" The genesis of the Detective story. "

" Poe's stories are okay, but I beleive there are two camps. Dupin vs. Holmes. I myself will back the Baker Street Sleuth anyday. "

" A must read... one of the best detective stories I've read. "

" great short story! I'd love to read more stories like this one. "

" 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. "

" I believe these three tales are the pioneers of detective fiction. A precursor to sirs Holmes and Watson. Largely enjoyable but I did give up on the second tale as the detail was quite tedious. A lover of crime fiction should probably read this to see where it all began. "

" 2 murders in Paris are too complicated for the policement but not for our investigator... "

" Predecessor to Sherlock Holmes, Poe's Dupin detective stories are a great favorite of mine. The imagery of the orangutan having his way with the straight edge is indelible. "

" Before there was Sherlock Holmes, there was Dupin. I only wish there were more Dupin mysteries. "

" I think it was 15 or 16 years ago when I first read this novel. I fell in love immediately with E.A.Poe's writing style. "

" I had high expectations for this one, but was ultimately disappointed in the ending... "

" You would never guess the murderer ....hahaha "

" This one will take a while as it's day-by-day installment from DailyLit. It's a gripping tale and easy to tell that it was written quite some time ago. The words give that away. "

" Esse livro reúne grandes contos da carreira de nosso mestre, Poe. Os mais marcantes, para mim: O gato preto e O Demônio da Perversidade. Além de conter a primeira aventura do primeiro detetive até então: Auguste Dupin. "

" Loved it! Very Sherlock Holmes. A quick read. "

" dupin was like holmes, deducting and all. and his fren watsonA short story. "

" I think this is one of the better-written of his short stories. I like his prefacing of how analytical minds work and his comparisons to chess and whist. The crime scene deductions reminded me of our modern day CSI stories. "

" I don't recall exactly when I first read this (sometime in late elementary/middle school), but it certainly made an impact. I still consider Poe one of my favorite mystery writers. "

" great short story! I'd love to read more stories like this one. "

" Excellent; the original mystery story, this short story from Poe is around the solving of a case of double murder behind locked doors and apparently committed with super human strength "

" 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. "

" A masterpiece of one of the pioneers on mystery and suspense stories. "

" Crimenes De Calle Morgue/Murders of the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe (1996) "

" Too dry and intellectual for my taste. "