“As the strong man exults in his physical ability, delighting in such exercises as call his muscles into action, so glories the analyst in that moral activity which disentangles.”
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Today is the anniversary of the first publication of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” in 1841. The story is regarded as the first “proper” detective story, introducing C. Auguste Dupin to the world. An early practitioner of Holmes and Poirot’s methods (the detecting is mostly done with the ‘little grey cells), he would go on to feature in two more stories, and Poe would have set the standard for detective stories to come.
I reviewed the book here, and highly recommend it (and anything else Poe wrote!). Only be very careful that the edition you choose has a plain cover that doesn’t give the game away…
Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings 
Apr 20, 2014 @ 10:53:43
I loved your exploratory article. Really entertaining. Here is a little experimentation I did, which combines Poe with some modern music..It’s called Historic Jukebox and combines a piece of music with a obscure piece of writing: http://wp.me/p41CQf-9L
Apr 20, 2014 @ 10:55:26
Thank you – I will take a look!
Apr 20, 2014 @ 10:57:27
listen to the song and look 😉
Apr 20, 2014 @ 20:15:05
If you *do* want to see some spoilerish covers, I made a little collection a couple of years ago… http://pastoffences.wordpress.com/2012/05/08/spoiler-alert-2-edgar-allen-poe/ … but seriously, don’t look if you haven’t read the story.
Apr 20, 2014 @ 20:22:55
A search on Google images is quite instructive too…..!
Apr 22, 2014 @ 20:09:17
That is my favourite thing apart from the raven by Poe quite cutting edge at time as one first detective novels if you haven’t seen it I would suggest watching the film of the book not that bad
Apr 22, 2014 @ 20:45:59
I haven’t seen the film Stu, so thanks for the hint – I’ll look out for it!