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The Murders in the Rue Morgue
by Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
The Murders in the Rue Morgue” is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe in 1841. Poe referred to it as a “tale of ratiocination” featuring the brilliant deductions of C. Auguste Dupin; it is today regarded as one of the first detective stories and is almost certainly the first locked room mystery. (Summary from Wikipedia)
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Total running time: 1:34:21
Read by Reynard T. Fox
mp3 and ogg files
- Chapter 01 – 00:27:00
[mp3@64kbps - 12.9MB]
[mp3@128kbps - 25.9MB]
[ogg vorbis - 12.8MB] - Chapter 02 – 00:28:25
[mp3@64kbps - 13.6MB]
[mp3@128kbps - 27.2MB]
[ogg vorbis - 13.8MB] - Chapter 03 – 00:38:56
[mp3@64kbps - 18.6MB]
[mp3@128kbps - 37.3MB]
[ogg vorbis - 18.4MB]
Cataloged on October 30, 2007













