Poe's short story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" was published in 1841, and Doyle's novel A Study in Scarlet was published in 1887. How can the reader tell that Poe's short story influenced Doyle's novel?

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Desiree Bates

16 October, 21:58

Poe's short story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" was published in 1841, and Doyle's novel A Study in Scarlet was published in 1887. How can the reader tell that Poe's short story influenced Doyle's novel?

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Edgar Allan Poe's detective, crime and mystery novels influenced Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to write his own mysteries. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle believed that Edgar Allen Poe's stories were "a model for all time."