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The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe ~ Full Audiobook [mystery]
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The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe ~ Full Audiobook [mystery]

The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe audiobook. The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe in 1841. Poe referred to it as a "tale of ratiocination" featuring the brilliant deductions of C. Auguste Dupin; it...

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November 30, 20221h 44m

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The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe audiobook.

Genre: mystery

In 19th-century Paris, a pair of brutal, seemingly impossible killings shatter the calm of a quiet neighborhood near the Rue Morgue. The crime scene is baffling: the apartment is locked, the violence is extreme, and witnesses disagree on what they heard - except for one chilling detail, a strange voice that no one can clearly identify. Enter C. Auguste Dupin, an eccentric gentleman with an extraordinary talent for analysis, and his close friend and narrator, who is both fascinated and unsettled by Dupin's methods. Drawn into the case by curiosity and a respect for pure reasoning, Dupin reconstructs the crime step by step, testing assumptions, weighing contradictions, and reading the city itself as if it were a text. As the police chase dead ends and public fear grows, Dupin pursues a single goal: to explain how the murders could have occurred at all. Tense, atmospheric, and sharply logical, this pioneering tale of ratiocination explores the limits of perception, the power of intellect, and the thin line between civilized order and sudden horror.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:32:21) Chapter 02

(01:05:31) Chapter 03

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