Detective story as a specific genre can be traced back to the publication of Edgar Allan Poe's the Murders in the Rue Morgue in 1841.

侦探小说这一特殊文体始于1841年美国作家爱伦。坡《莫格街谋杀案》的发表。

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His fictional detective C.August Dupin first appeared in his story "The Murders In the Rue Morgue" in eighteen forty-one.

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