American Short Fiction Essay: Edgar Allen Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne.

One of the American short fiction writers that was read was Edgar Allen Poe. The first book that was read of his was "The Gold Bug". The second book of Edgar Allen Poe was "The Murders in the Rue Morgue". "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" was the best short story that was written by Edgar Allen Poe. It was the best because Poe makes it seem like you, the reader, is the detective and you can foreshadow and predict what will happen next in the story. What really happens is revealed, and hinted, by the main character, a detective, Monsieur C. Augueste Dupin. "'I know not what impression I…