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FAMOUS AUTHORS AND THEIR BOOKS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Famous for his inspiring detective stories he was an orphan and struggled financially. He wrote “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” and The Raven.
A
J.K. Rowling
B
Robert Frost
C
Stephen King
D
Edgar Allen Poe
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Edgar Allan Poe created a new literary genre when he wrote “The Murders in the Rue Morgue.” Although mysteries were not a new literary form, Poe was the first to introduce a character that solved the mystery by analyzing the facts of the case.

Detailed explanation-2: -Poe’s complete trilogy: mystery stories of detective Auguste Dupin: Includes “The Murders in the Rue Morgue”, “The Mystery of Marie Rogêt”, and “The Purloined Letter”.

Detailed explanation-3: -"The Murders in the Rue Morgue” is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe published in Graham’s Magazine in 1841. It has been described as the first modern detective story; Poe referred to it as one of his “tales of ratiocination". C. Auguste Dupin is a man in Paris who solves the mystery of the brutal murder of two women.

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