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Edgar Allan Poe — “The Murders in the Rue Morgue”






Texts and Variant Texts

Reading copy:
  • “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” — reading copy — based on Text 00

Manuscripts and Authorized Printings:
  • "The Murders in the Rue >>Trianon-Bas<< Morgue" — March 1841 — "Drexel" manuscript — Text 01 (Mabbott text A)
  • "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" — 1842 — TGAPP (manuscript of title only) — Text 03  (The tale is listed in Poe's handwritten table of contents, but the text itself no longer survives. It was probably a modified version of the printed text from Graham's Magazine, and is presumably recorded, with perhaps a few additional changes made in proof, in Text 04)
  • "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" — 1845-1849 — manuscript revisions in "Graham" copy of TALES — Text 06 (Mabbott text E)  (This is Mabbott's copytext)

Reprints:
  • "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" — 1852 — Tales and Sketches: to which is added The Raven: A Poem, London, George Routledge & Co.
  • "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" — 1875 — Little Classics, vol. III: Tragedy, Boston: James R. Osgood & Co. (This 18 volume series, edited by Rossiter Johnson, contains selections from many authors, including Poe, Dickens, and Hawthorne. Each volume is theoretically comprised around a different theme.)
  • "Murders in the Rue Morgue" — January 20, 1894 — Philadelphia Inquirer (noted as "The Most Remarkable Story of Its Kind Ever Written") (Front page, with an illustration)
  • “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” — 1894-1895 —  The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, vol. 3: Tales, ed. G. E. Woodberry and E. C. Stedman, Chicago: Stone and Kimball (3:53-98)
  • “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” — 1902 — The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe, vol. 4: Tales III, ed. J. A. Harrison, New York: T. Y. Crowell (4:146-192, and 4:288-306)
  • “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” — 1978 — The Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe, vol. 2: Tales & Sketches I, ed. T. O. Mabbott, Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press (2:521-574)

Associated Material and Special versions:
  • "Un meurtre sans exemple dans les fastes de la justice" — La Quotidienne  (French translation signed "G. B.," for Gustave Brunet. H&C says translation is by "G. E.," apparently as a typographical error.)
    • "Un meurtre sans exemple dans les fastes de la justice" — Part I  (June 11, 1846)
    • "Un meurtre sans exemple dans les fastes de la justice" — Part II  (June 12, 1846)
    • "Un meurtre sans exemple dans les fastes de la justice" — Part III  (June 13, 1846)
  • "Une sanglante énigme" — October 12, 1846 — Le Commerce  (French translation signed "O.N." H&C, 1943, give the translator as "Old Nick," noting his real name as E. D. Forgues, p. 276.)
  • "Double assassinat dans la rue Morgue" — (French translation by Charles Baudelaire)
    • "Double assassinat dans la rue Morgue" — February 25 - March 7, 1855 — Le Pays
      • "Double assassinat dans la rue Morgue" — Part I — February 25, 1855
      • "Double assassinat dans la rue Morgue" — Part II — February 26, 1855
      • "Double assassinat dans la rue Morgue" — Part III — March 1, 1855
      • "Double assassinat dans la rue Morgue" — Part IV — March 2, 1855
      • "Double assassinat dans la rue Morgue" — Part V — March 3, 1855
      • "Double assassinat dans la rue Morgue" — Part VI — March 5, 1855
      • "Double assassinat dans la rue Morgue" — Part VII — March 6, 1855
      • "Double assassinat dans la rue Morgue" — Part VIII — March 7, 1855
    • "Double assassinat dans la rue Morgue" — 1856 — Histoires extraordinaires, Paris: Michel Lévy frères
  • "L'Assassinat de la Rue Morgue" — January 31, 1847 — La Démocratie Pacifique  (French translation signed "Isabelle Meunier")
  • "Doble Asesinato [Double Murder]" — 1858 —  Newspaper of Barcelona  (Spanish translation)
  • "[The Murders in the Rue Morgue]" — 1860 — included in "library of fiction"  (Swedish translation, noted by Anderson, p. 53, described as a "cheap and ephemeral" edition)
  • "[The Murders in the Rue Morgue]" — before 1868  (Unidentified Danish translation noted by Anderson, p. 15)
  • "[The Murders in the Rue Morgue]" — 1868 — Phantastiske Fortaellinger [Fantastic Tales] (Copenhagen)  (Danish translation by Robert Watt, noted by Anderson, p. 15)
  • "Les Deux Assassinats de la Rue Morgue" — 1874, April 18 and May 2 — Musee Universel (Paris)  (French translation by Paul Cezano, pp. 39-44 and 70-75) (There may have been additional installments. There is an illustration by Meaulle) ( a copy of this magazine is in the Ingram Collection, University of VA)
  • "Doppio Assassinio nella via Morgue" — 1876 — Racconti Incredibili, Milano, Italy: Tipografia Editrice Lombarda  (Italian translation, with several illustrations)
  • "[The Murders in the Rue Morgue]" — 1881 — Underliga historier (Stockholm)  (Swedish translation, noted by Anderson, p. 54)
  • "[The Murders in the Rue Morgue]" — 1882 — Valda noveller (Stockholm)  (Swedish translation, noted by Anderson, p. 54)
  • "Les assassinate de la rue Morgue" — 1885 — Oeuvres Choisies d'Edgar Pöe, Paris: A. Hennuyer  (French translation by William L. Hughes)
  • "[The Murders in the Rue Morgue]" — December 10, 23, 27 and 30, 1888 — Yomiuri Shimbun  (Japanese translation by Aeba Koson)
  • "Le Double Assassinate de la Rue Morge" — 1904 — Le Système du Docteur Goudron et du Professeur Plume, Paris: Jules Rouff  (French translation by Léonora C. Herbert
  • "De Moorden in de Rue Morgue" — about 1930 — Fantastische Vertellingen van Edgar Allan Poe, Haarlem: H. D. Tjeenk Willink & Zoon (Dutch translation by Machiel Elias Barentz, with elaborate illustrations by Albert Hahn, somewhat reminiscent of those by Harry Clarke)
  • “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” — November 29, 1942 — a radio show broadcast on The Inner Sanctum show, with Peter Lorre. (As was often the case with dramatic presentations of Poe's works, the story has been modified.)
  • “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” — January 2, 1944 — a radio show broadcast on NBC's The Weird Circle show. (This episode is available on CD as part of a 6-CD set of "Smithsonian Legendary Performers," issued in 2004. As was often the case with dramatic presentations of Poe's works, the story has been modified.)
  • "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" — July 1944 — Classics Illustrated (number 21)  (a comic-book)











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