ORIGINS OF THE DETECTIVE STORY
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3 min readJun 10, 2021
ALL THE POPULAR AUTHORS WERE INSPIRED BY A REAL PERSON OR OTHER WRITERS.
Agatha Christie and A. Conan Doyle are among a list of popular authors who based their protagonist upon real people or the writing of another author. It is generally accepted Edgar Allen Poe’s first three detective stories, with the Detective Chevalier C Auguste Dupin, published in magazine’s 1841–43, was the first genuine Detective…