Edition data

TitleTales of Mystery and Imagination

WorkThe Murders in the Rue Morgue

Editing placeNew York

EditorialWeathervane Books (Crown Publishers)

Year1976

Illustration data

TitleAlarm in the neighborhood for the murder

IllustratorArthur Rackham

Engraver

Topic/Content
3. The narrator introduces the case of the Rue Morgue's crimes through the reading of several newspaper accounts

Technique
Photomechanical

Characters
Alberto Montani, confectioner
Alfonzo Garcio, undertaker
Crowd
Gendarmes
Henri Durval, silver-smith
Individuals
Isidore Musét, gendarme
Madame L'Espanaye
Mademoiselle Camille L'Espanaye
Neighbours
Odenheirmer, restaurateur
Pauline Dubourg, laundress
Pierre Moreau, tobacconist
Police
Sailor
Victims
William Bird, taylor
Witness
Witnesses
Woman
Women

Places
Apartment
Bed-room
Building
Bye-street
Chamber
City
Fire-place
House
Neighborhood
Passage
Place
Premises
Quartier
Rooms
Rue Morgue
Stairs
Tenement
Yard

Objects
Garrets

Plants and animals
Animal
Beast
Brute
Ourang-Outang

Others
Bodies
Corpses
Night

Location in the book (volume)1

Location in the book (page)f.p. 238

Illustration measurements (in cms)19 x 13

Page measurements (in cms)25,2 x 17,5

Color/B&WBlack and white