The MCT edition of\u00a0The Murders in the Rue Morgue\u00a0<\/em>by Edgar Allen Poe is reproduced in its entirety and includes Michael\u2019s \u201clanguage illustrations\u201d\u2014close-ups of poetic techniques, four-level analyses of interesting grammar, and comments about writing strategies. Challenging vocabulary is defined at the bottom of each page.<\/p>\n Originally published in\u00a0Graham\u2019s Magazine<\/em>\u00a0in 1841,\u00a0The Murders in the Rue Morgue\u00a0<\/em>is regarded as the first detective story\u2014the story that created the genre. Michael writes in his introduction that reading this short story is to \u201cwitness the very point in intellectual history at which one of our great literary traditions began.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>Poe used an array of literary devices in this book to achieve to maximum effect the horror and mystery of a murder by a non-human agent in nineteenth-century Paris.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Companion Products:<\/p>\n The Hounds of Baskerville<\/a> MCT Level 4: Complete Package<\/a> The Murders in the Rue Morgue<\/em>\u00a0is the first book in the Shadow Trilogy of language-illustrated classic novels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":47657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[684,431,386],"product_tag":[],"composite_virtual":false,"composite_layout":"","composite_add_to_cart_form_location":"","composite_editable_in_cart":false,"composite_sold_individually_context":"","composite_shop_price_calc":"","composite_components":[],"composite_scenarios":[],"bundled_by":["30186","29856","47673","47676","30185"],"bundle_stock_status":"instock","bundle_stock_quantity":null,"bundle_virtual":false,"bundle_layout":"","bundle_add_to_cart_form_location":"","bundle_editable_in_cart":false,"bundle_sold_individually_context":"","bundle_item_grouping":"","bundle_min_size":"","bundle_max_size":"","bundled_items":[],"bundle_sell_ids":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nThe Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde<\/a>
\nThe Murders in the Rue Morgue <\/a>
\nThe Shadow Trilogy\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n
\nMCT Level 4: Student Book Set\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"