Who made the first detective story?

Answer 1

The first detective story is typically credited to Edgar Allan Poe for his 1841 short story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," featuring the character C. Auguste Dupin. This story is considered to be the beginning of the detective fiction genre.

Answer 2

The earliest detective fiction is from China and dates from the Ming Dynasty.

The earliest piece of detective fiction in English is Edgar Allan Poe's "Murders in the Rue Morgue" from 1841.

The first detective novel was Wilkie Collins's Woman in Whitefrom 1860.

Answer 3

Edgar Allan Poe was the first person to write a modern detective fiction story. It was called "The Murders in the Rue Morgue." He followed that story with two others called "The Mystery of Marie Roget" and "The Purloined Letter." He would certainly also be the first American mystery writer. The mystery story has been around for centuries, if not millennia, but the modern detective story is Poe's own. While it does not have a detective character, "The Gold Bug" is a fourth mystery story written by Poe.

Answer 4

There are various candidates for the founder of modern detective story. Edgar Allen Poe, Sheridan Le Fanu, and Arthur Conan Doyle all contributed significantly to the early development of detective stories.

Answer 5

The earliest story where someone tries to solve a crime, or detect, is in the Thousand Nights and a Night, or the Sheherezade stories of the Arabian Nights, written sometime around the 9th century - the story is called "The Three Apples" and concerns a chest where a dead woman's body is found.

There are also many old tales from China (around the time of the Ming Dynasty) about a character named Judge Bao, Judge Di, or Judge Dee, who solves crimes - you can find English translations of some of them in a series by Robert van Gulik.

In the European, or Western world, detective fiction is often thought to have begun with Edgar Allen Poe's story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," in which a character named August Dupin solves crimes - Poe used Dupin in several stories.

Answer 6

The first fictional detective in a mystery book was called Auguste C. Dupin.

He appears in the book called The Murders in the Rue Morgue. The book was written by Edgar Allan Poe in 1841.

Answer 7

Edgar Allan Poe is for his story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue."

Answer 8

The modern detective genre was founded in 1841 by Edgar Allan Poe when he wrote and published the short story 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue.'

Answer 9

Edgar Allen Poe

Answer 10

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