Madame L'Espanaye

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Madame L'Espanaye is a fictional Parisian woman whose brutal and mysterious death forms the central crime investigated in Edgar Allan Poe's pioneering detective story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue."

All labels observed (2)

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Madame L'Espanaye canonical 2
Mademoiselle Camille L'Espanaye 2

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
murder victim ⓘ
appearsIn The Murders in the Rue Morgue ⓘ
appearsInShortStoryBy Edgar Allan Poe ⓘ
createdBy Edgar Allan Poe ⓘ
creator Edgar Allan Poe ⓘ
deathCause homicide ⓘ
deathCircumstances apparently impossible crime in a locked room ⓘ
deathLocation apartment in the Rue Morgue ⓘ
deathManner violent death ⓘ
familyRelation mother of Mademoiselle Camille L'Espanaye ⓘ
fictionalUniverse C. Auguste Dupin stories ⓘ
firstAppearance The Murders in the Rue Morgue ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1841 ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
investigatedBy C. Auguste Dupin ⓘ
unnamed narrator of The Murders in the Rue Morgue ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
livesWith Mademoiselle Camille L'Espanaye ⓘ
linked to: Madame L'Espanaye
name Madame L'Espanaye ⓘ
nationality French ⓘ
notableFor being victim in one of the earliest modern detective stories ⓘ
residence Paris ⓘ
Rue Morgue ⓘ
roleInWork central murder victim ⓘ
subject of investigation by C. Auguste Dupin ⓘ
workGenreContext detective fiction ⓘ
mystery fiction ⓘ
workSettingCity Paris ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Murders in the Rue Morgue → victim → Madame L'Espanaye ⓘ
The Murders in the Rue Morgue → victim → Mademoiselle Camille L'Espanaye ⓘ
linked to: Madame L'Espanaye
Madame L'Espanaye → name → Madame L'Espanaye ⓘ
Madame L'Espanaye → livesWith → Mademoiselle Camille L'Espanaye ⓘ
linked to: Madame L'Espanaye