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The Mystery of Marie Rogêt (1842)

by Edgar Allan Poe
(#2 in C. Auguste Dupin)

'The Mystery of Marie Rogêt', often subtitled A Sequel to 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue', is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe written in 1842. This is the first murder mystery based on the details of a real crime. It first appeared in Snowden's Ladies' Companion in three installments, November and December 1842 and February 1843.