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A review by nevermoreliterature
The Murders in the Rue Morgue: The Dupin Tales by Edgar Allan Poe, Matthew Pearl
3.0
Oh Poe, you silly brilliant goose.
These stories (precisely three in number) are some of the first ever detective fiction ever penned. These pre-date the term 'detective' itself. Hence, we get Auguste Dupin and his tales of Ratiocination.
Now I won't say, the stories are riveting tales of mystery and intrigue. They are very wordy. At times meandering over and over on the theology of crime and it's due deduction. Dupin all in all, is an armchair detective and the amount of action in the stories are negligible. But, one can definitely not discount the importance of these tales in the history of fiction.
C. Auguste Dupin walked so Sherlock Holmes could run.
Although, I was not absolutely impressed by the stories, Poe's writing here is quite satisfactory. I for once, enjoyed the dialogues. The effect these dialogues have on later detective fiction is all but evident. Dupin has that habit of giving into dramatic revelations, and revel in the carnage his words cause. Something duly criticised by Mr. Sherlock Holmes himself in 'The Study of Scarlet'. One vain pompous (consulting) detective to another, I guess.
Well, I wish we got some more Dupin. In the meantime, curse and praise the silly brilliant goose.
3/5
These stories (precisely three in number) are some of the first ever detective fiction ever penned. These pre-date the term 'detective' itself. Hence, we get Auguste Dupin and his tales of Ratiocination.
Now I won't say, the stories are riveting tales of mystery and intrigue. They are very wordy. At times meandering over and over on the theology of crime and it's due deduction. Dupin all in all, is an armchair detective and the amount of action in the stories are negligible. But, one can definitely not discount the importance of these tales in the history of fiction.
C. Auguste Dupin walked so Sherlock Holmes could run.
Although, I was not absolutely impressed by the stories, Poe's writing here is quite satisfactory. I for once, enjoyed the dialogues. The effect these dialogues have on later detective fiction is all but evident. Dupin has that habit of giving into dramatic revelations, and revel in the carnage his words cause. Something duly criticised by Mr. Sherlock Holmes himself in 'The Study of Scarlet'. One vain pompous (consulting) detective to another, I guess.
Well, I wish we got some more Dupin. In the meantime, curse and praise the silly brilliant goose.
3/5