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Speaking of detective fiction, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes immediately comes into our mind. However, it is Edgar Allan Poe that is believed to have invented the genre and it is Poe’s “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” and “The Purloined Letter” that inspired Sherlock Holmes and other detective novels. Besides being the creator of this new style in the English-speaking world, Poe was best known for his horror tales, such as “The Tell-Tale Heart” and “The Fall of the House of Usher.”

True or False:
Poe’s “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” is one of his best horror tales.

• True
• False