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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Edgar Allan Poe is for his story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue."
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.'
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Edgar Allan Poe was given credit for inventing the detective story.
"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is considered the first modern detective story. It features the fictional detective C. Auguste Dupin solving a complex crime through deductive reasoning and analysis of evidence. The story laid the foundation for the development of the detective fiction genre.
Poe's first detective story was "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" published in 1841. It is also considered the first modern detective story ever.
First you do some research and learn what a detective does. Then just imagine your detective doing his or her job and write what would happen in your story.
Poe's first detective story was "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" published in 1841. It is also considered the first modern detective story ever.
Anna Katherine Green published "The Leavenworth Case" in 1878 to become the first modern woman to write a detective story.
Edgar Allan Poe's modern detective story was "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," published in 1841. It is considered one of the first detective stories and features the character C. Auguste Dupin as the amateur detective solving a seemingly unsolvable case.
It is the first modern detective story.
Detective Story Magazine was created in 1915.
Detective Story Magazine ended in 1949.
In 1841, Edgar Allan Poe published "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," which is widely considered to be the first modern detective story. It introduced the fictional detective C. Auguste Dupin and laid the foundation for the detective fiction genre.
A Double Barrelled Detective Story was created in 1902.