Bibliograph

The beautiful cigar girl, Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the invention of murder, Daniel Stashower

Type

Label

The beautiful cigar girl, Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the invention of murder, Daniel Stashower

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-315) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The beautiful cigar girl

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

70199824

Responsibility statement

Daniel Stashower

Sub title

Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the invention of murder

Summary

Traces the July 1841 murder investigation that was marked by sensational media coverage and the debut of Edgar Allen Poe, whose short stories "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and "The Mystery of Marie Roget" associated him with the crime

Table Of Contents

Prologue: Descent into maelstrom -- A gallant gay Lothario -- I tremble for the consequence -- Left home on Sunday -- Very clever with his pen -- A person of chastity -- The dead house -- The sable divinity of night -- The committee of concerned citizens -- A most notorious scoundrel -- The lost hour -- Crackpots and gossipists -- The murder thicket -- A somewhat wasted heart -- A wave of crimson -- A series of coincidences -- A mansion built on baby skulls -- The vanishing rowboat -- At variance with truth -- It may not be improper to record -- The imp of the perverse -- Epilogue: One last wild cry

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