The Murders in the Rue Morgue
In Paris a mother and daughter are brutally killed in a locked room and the police are helpless. The analyst Auguste Dupin follows a strange voice and details no one else sees to a solution no one expects.
Age rating: Ages 16 and up. Content notes: A chilling mystery with two brutal murders; nothing explicit.
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Text source: Hindawi Foundation
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Characters
Auguste Dupin
The brilliant analyst
The narrator
Dupin's friend and housemate
Madame L'Espanaye
The elderly victim
Camille
Her young daughter
The sailor
The ape's owner
The orangutan
A huge ape from Borneo
Adolphe Le Bon
The bank clerk wrongly arrested
The prefect
The proud chief of police