The extraordinary details which I am now called upon to make public, will be found to form, as regards sequence of time, the primary branch of a series of scarcely intelligible coincidences, whose secondary or concluding branch will be recognized by all readers in the late murder of MARY CECILIA ROGERS, at New York.
The Mystery of Marie Roget is a 1842 short story by author Edgar Allan Poe. The narrative is based on the actual murder of Mary Cecilia Rogers, the Beautiful Cigar Girl who worked at John Anderson's Emporium (razed) on Broadway in New York City. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Association | Description | Place | Locale | Food | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1842/04/00 | Edgar Allan Poe | Author | In the spring, Edgar A Poe begins writing "The Mystery of Marie Roget", lifting whole passages from the New York Herald and the Tattler. | Mysterious Death of Mary Rogers | |||
| 1842/04/00 | New York Herald | Newspaper | In the spring, Edgar A Poe begins writing "The Mystery of Marie Roget", lifting whole passages from the New York Herald and the Tattler. | Mysterious Death of Mary Rogers | |||
| 1842/11/00 | Edgar Allan Poe | Author | "The Mystery of Marie Roget" begins serialization in Snowden's Ladies' Companion. | Mysterious Death of Mary Rogers | |||
| 1842/11/00 | C Auguste Dupin | Private Detective | "The Mystery of Marie Roget" begins serialization in Snowden's Ladies' Companion. | Mysterious Death of Mary Rogers | |||
| 1842/12/00 | To accommodate rising interest in "The Mystery of Marie Roget", Snowden's Ladies' Companion reprints the first installment when it publishes the second. | Mysterious Death of Mary Rogers | |||||
| 1843/01/00 | Poe delays the third and final installment of "The Mystery of Marie Roget" to alter the story based on emerging theories. | Mysterious Death of Mary Rogers | |||||
| 1843/02/00 | The third and final installment of "The Mystery of Marie Roget" is published in Snowden's Ladies' Companion. | Mysterious Death of Mary Rogers |
| Particulars for The Mystery of Marie Roget (short story): | |||
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| Narrative Arts | Detective | a person, especially a police officer, whose occupation is to investigate and solve crimes. | |
| Narrative Arts | Fiction | prose literature, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people | |
| Narrative Arts | Mystery | something not understood or beyond understanding | |
| Narrative Arts | Narrative | an account of connected events | |
| Narrative Arts | Prose | ordinary written language | |
| Art Type | Short Story | short form narrative fiction | |
| Area of Significance | True Crime | ||
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| Original Language: | English | ||
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