The name of Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) - American romantic writer, poet, playwright and critic, master of short stories and founder of the detective - is known around the world. The story "Murder on the Morgue Street" is considered the first detective work in the history of literature. Auguste Dupont, a young man with extraordinary analytical skills, is investigating the brutal and mysterious murder of two women - a mother and daughter, committed in Paris, in a house on Rue Morgue. Also included in the publication are the stories "Metzengerstein", "Berenice", "Do not bet with the devil on your own head" and others, which clearly revealed the extraordinary talent of EA Poe.
