Edgard Allan Poe y el misterio de la bella cigarrera by Daniel Stashower

By Daniel Stashower

El 28 de julio de 1841 el hallazgo en el río Hudson del cuerpo sin vida, con visibles señales de violencia, de Mary Rogers, una joven conocida en todo Nueva York como «la bella cigarrera», dio inicio a uno de los más famosos «crímenes del siglo». Policías, jueces, forenses y comités de ciudadanos se esforzarían inútilmente por resolverlo, mientras los angeles prensa, sedienta de sangre y de ethical, creaba uno de los primeros «sucesos» sensacionalistas. Se multiplicaron los sospechosos y las conjeturas. Se escribieron novelas y romances. ¿Estaba en realidad los angeles joven viva? ¿Había sido víctima de una banda de maleantes? ¿De un amante despechado? ¿Quién period el hombre «de tez morena» con el que se los angeles vio antes de desaparecer?

Edgar Allan Poe, que seguía el caso con interés y necesitaba desesperadamente un éxito para relanzar su carrera, tuvo l. a. thought de reconstruirlo en El misterio de Marie Rogêt (incluido en un apéndice a esta edición), un relato paralelo ambientado en París y protagonizado por el detective Auguste C. Dupin. Tenía asimismo l. a. ambición de resolver el misterio y señalar al culpable, pero los angeles realidad, con inesperadas revelaciones, se le adelantó. En Edgar Allan Poe y el misterio de l. a. bella cigarrera Daniel Stashower cuenta los ardides del escritor para acomodar l. a. ficción a l. a. realidad y traza un magnífico retrato de su vida y de su medio. Mezcla de biografía y relato de suspense, éste es un libro imprescindible para los amantes de Poe y de las historias de detectives.

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Businesses were asked to list offences committed against 49 Crime at work: studies in security and crime prevention them before and after security upgrades. The response was relatively low (86 replies from 161 recipients of questionnaires), so the results must be interpreted cautiously. Of the 40 businesses in the survey which had installed shutters, 38 had been victimised in the year before the installation. Following the installation of shutters this number was reduced by 43 per cent. Total offences against those 38 businesses victimised prior to installation were also reduced from 265 in the year before installation to 80 in the year following installation, a reduction of 70 per cent.

Businesses were asked to list offences committed against 49 Crime at work: studies in security and crime prevention them before and after security upgrades. The response was relatively low (86 replies from 161 recipients of questionnaires), so the results must be interpreted cautiously. Of the 40 businesses in the survey which had installed shutters, 38 had been victimised in the year before the installation. Following the installation of shutters this number was reduced by 43 per cent. Total offences against those 38 businesses victimised prior to installation were also reduced from 265 in the year before installation to 80 in the year following installation, a reduction of 70 per cent.

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