[영미소설]THE MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE

소설을 썼다. 〈어셔가의 몰락 The Fall of the House of Usher〉(1839)〈붉은 주검의 가면 The Masque of the Red Death〉(1842)〈아만틸라도의 술통 The Cask of Amontillado〉(1846) 등은 고딕풍 공포소설의 걸작이며 치밀한 심리적 수법으로 씌어졌다. 같은 수법으로 씌어진 〈모르그가의 살인 The Murders in the Rue Morgue〉(1841)은 추리(탐정)소설의 효시로 평가된다. 〈갈가마귀 The Raven〉(1845)라는 시로 시인으로서도 명성을 얻은 포는 격조 높은 선율과 암시적인 이미지가 넘치는

소설을 썼다. 〈어셔가의 몰락 The Fall of the House of Usher〉(1839)〈붉은 주검의 가면 The Masque of the Red Death〉(1842)〈아만틸라도의 술통 The Cask of Amontillado〉(1846) 등은 고딕풍 공포소설의 걸작이며 치밀한 심리적 수법으로 씌어졌다. 같은 수법으로 씌어진 〈모르그가의 살인 The Murders in the Rue Morgue〉(1841)은 추리(탐정)소설의 효시로 평가된다. 〈갈가마귀 The Raven〉(1845)라는 시로 시인으로서도 명성을 얻은 포는 격조 높은 선율과 암시적인 이미지가 넘치는

in company with my friend C. Auguste Dupin, in his little back library, or book-closet, au troisieme, No. 33, Rue Dunot, Faubourg St. Germain. For one hour at least we had maintained a profound silence; while each, to any casual observer, might have seemed intently and exclusively occupied with the curling eddies of smoke that oppressed the atmosphere of the chamber. For myself, however, I was mentally discussing certain topics which had formed matter for conversation between us at an earlier period of the evening; I mean the affair of the Rue Morgue, and the mystery attending the murder of M

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