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History of Detective Fiction

When I came to your class I had little knowledge of what detective fiction was, I knew it dealt with mystery, but never knew the real meaning of it. Thanks to you and your assignment, now I know. According to Wikipedia.org detective fiction is, "A branch of crime fiction that centers upon the investigation of a crime, usually by murder, by a detective, either professional or amateur". It is closely related to mystery fiction, but it is more of puzzle that must be solved.
I got more background history of detective fiction from classiccrimefiction.com. Detective fiction began in 1841 when Edgar Allan Poe introduced Monsieur C. Auguste Dupin in the short story, The Murders in the Rue Morgue. Dupin leads his own investigation and succeeds, where the regular authorities failed. Dupin also encountered two other incidents within the plots that Poe created and formulated the requirements of a detective fiction story. In his stories he used brilliant......

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