Murders in the Rue Morgue & Other Stories

De: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrado por: David Case

A fourth floor room, a door locked with the key inside, no way in, no way out. Edgar Allan Poe is the true grandfather of the murder mystery. Decades before Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot, Poe gave us C. Auguste Dupin, a man able to solve mysteries through observation and deduction.

This is fiction noir in the true sense, set in the dark back streets of 1840s Paris. The juxtaposition of Dupin's clear logic, and the insanity of the outside world make this a psychological thriller of the first rank.

Other stories in this book include "Murders in the Rue Morgue", "The Purloined Letter", "The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade", "A Descent into the Maelstrom", "The Raven", and "The Masque of the Red Death".

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Hands down, the best narration of "The Raven"

I have listened to numerous narrations of Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven," and strongly feel that David Case's version in this collection outshines all the others by a wide margin. In my humble opinion, nothing compares to this particular narration of "The Raven;" Case somehow manages to capture the true essence of the poem and its narrator so that his reading of it speaks to me in a way unlike any other version I have ever listened to. His rendition of the other stories are also highly recommended. I suggest that if you have not heard his version of "The Raven," don't wait, and check it out today!