What was Edgar Allan Poe's first detective story?

Answer 1

Poe had published three collections of his poetry by 1831 to disappointing sales, so he decided to start writing short stories. By late 1839, he had written 25 short stories that had been published or were about to be published in magazines, but he had been unsuccessful in gettting a collection published. He finally found a publisher to agree to publish the 25 stories in two volumes under the title 'Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque.' The tales included:

The Fall of the House of Usher

MS. Found in a Bottle

Berenice

Ligeia

Morella

William Wilson

Answer 2

Edgar Allan Poe's first detective story was "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," published in 1841. It featured the character C. Auguste Dupin as the brilliant amateur detective who solves a seemingly unsolvable crime using deductive reasoning. This story is considered one of the earliest examples of the detective fiction genre.

Answer 3

His first poem was called "Tamerlane" published in 1827.

Answer 4

The first ever modern detective story was Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue.'

Answer 5

Poe did not use a pen name to publish his first collection of poetry. That collection, titled "Tamerlane and Other Poems" was published anonymously. The author was "A Bostonian."

Answer 6

Poe's first collection, called Tamerlane and Other Poems, was published anonymously rather than under a pen name. The author was listed simply as "By a Bostonian."