Modern detective novels are believed to have their roots in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, when nearly fifty years prior Edgar Allen Poe had published one of the first murder mysteries in history. Altho...Modern detective novels are believed to have their roots in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, when nearly fifty years prior Edgar Allen Poe had published one of the first murder mysteries in history. Although many years had elapsed little change had been made to the major elements of these detective stories. This essay explores the similarities of"Murders in the Rue Morgue"and"Hound of the Baskervilles".展开更多
文摘Modern detective novels are believed to have their roots in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, when nearly fifty years prior Edgar Allen Poe had published one of the first murder mysteries in history. Although many years had elapsed little change had been made to the major elements of these detective stories. This essay explores the similarities of"Murders in the Rue Morgue"and"Hound of the Baskervilles".