The murders in the Rue Morgue and other tales / by Edgar Allan Poe ; adapted by Jean David Morvan and Corbeyran, script ; Fabrice Druet and Paul Marcel, art

By: Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 [author]
Contributor(s): Corbeyran | Druet, Fabrice | Marcel, Paul | Morvan, Jean David
Series: Classics illustrated deluxe, #10Publisher: New York : Papercutz Printing, 2012Description: [136] pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 978-1-59707-432-2Subject(s): Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 -- Adaptations | Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. Murders in the Rue Morgue -- Adaptations | Horror comic books, strips, etc | Graphic novels. DDC classification: 741.5
Contents:
Murders in the Rue Morgue -- Gold-bug -- Mystery of Marie Roget.
Summary: "The murders in the Rue Morgue": The first detective story features C. Auguste Dupin, a man in Paris who solves the mystery of the brutal murder of two women. Numerous witnesses heard a suspect, though no one agrees on what language was spoken, and at the murder scene, Dupin finds a hair that does not appear to be human. -- "The Gold-bug": Set on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, this story follows William Legrand, who was recently bitten by a gold-colored bug. His servant Jupiter fears Legrand is going insane and goes to Legrand's friend, who agrees to visit. Legrand pulls the other two into an adventure after deciphering a secret message that will lead to a buried treasure. -- "The mystery of Marie Rogêt": Poe's detective character Dupin and his sidekick undertake the unsolved murder of Marie Rogêt in Paris, a perfume shop employee, whose body is found in the Seine River.
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Murders in the Rue Morgue -- Gold-bug -- Mystery of Marie Roget.

"The murders in the Rue Morgue": The first detective story features C. Auguste Dupin, a man in Paris who solves the mystery of the brutal murder of two women. Numerous witnesses heard a suspect, though no one agrees on what language was spoken, and at the murder scene, Dupin finds a hair that does not appear to be human. -- "The Gold-bug": Set on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, this story follows William Legrand, who was recently bitten by a gold-colored bug. His servant Jupiter fears Legrand is going insane and goes to Legrand's friend, who agrees to visit. Legrand pulls the other two into an adventure after deciphering a secret message that will lead to a buried treasure. -- "The mystery of Marie Rogêt": Poe's detective character Dupin and his sidekick undertake the unsolved murder of Marie Rogêt in Paris, a perfume shop employee, whose body is found in the Seine River.

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