The Murders in the Rue Morgue Edgar Allan Poe iIIT Editura Litera O.P. 53; C.P.272, sector 4, Bucuregti, Rominia tel: 021 379 6390;037 425 7679;0752 548 372; e-mail: comenzi@litera'ro Cimele dinRueMorgue Edgar Allan Poe Copyright @ 2076 Grup Media Litera pentru versiunea ln limba romini Toate drepturile rezervate Traducere din limba englezi: Ion Vinea Editor: Vidragcu qi fiii Redactor: Justina Bandol Coperti: Flori Zahiu Tehnoredactare qi prepress: Ofelia Cogman Seria de ficfiune a Editurii Litera este coordonati de Cristina Vidragcu Sturza. Descrierea CIP a Bibliotecii Nationale a RomAniei POE, EDGARALLAN Crimele din Rue Morgue. The Murders in the Rue Morgue / Edgar Allan Poe; trad.: Ion Vinea - Bucuregti: Litera, 2016 ISBN 978-606 -33-707 3-7 L Vinea, Ion (trad.) 827.177(94)-37=735.7 Ne putefi vizita pe EDGAR ALLAN POE Crimele din Rue Morgue The Murders in the Rue Morgue *.*
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Seria de ficfiune a Editurii Litera este coordonatide Cristina Vidragcu Sturza.
Descrierea CIP a Bibliotecii Nationale a RomAniei
POE, EDGARALLANCrimele din Rue Morgue. The Murders in the
Rue Morgue / Edgar Allan Poe; trad.: Ion Vinea -Bucuregti: Litera, 2016
ISBN 978-606 -33-707 3-7
L Vinea, Ion (trad.)
827.177(94)-37=735.7
Ne putefi vizita pe
EDGAR ALLAN POECrimele din Rue MorgueThe Murders in the Rue Morgue
*.*
Ce cintec sirenele cAntau? Sau ce nume gi-a luatAhile c6nd s-a ascuns printre femei? Iati intrebiri care,
intr-adevi! te pun in incurcituri, dar cdrora totu;ili s-ar putea afa rlspuns.
Sir Thomas Browner
insugirile mintii noastre pe care le denumim analitice nuprea sunt ftcute pentru a fi supuse analizei. Le apreciem numaidupi efectele lor. Ceea ce stim, printre altele, despre ele e cisunt, pentru cel ce le are intr-o misuri neobignuiti, un izvor de
bucurii din cele mai mari. Asa cum omul voinic se bucuride puterea lui trupeasci gi se complace in exercigii care ii punmugchii in migcare, tot astfel analistul se mandregte cu acea
quringi a cugetului siu de a descurca lucrurile. ii fac plicerepini gi cele mai netnsemnate prilejuri care ii pun Ia incercaretalentul. E indrigostit de tot ce e enigmi, rebus, hieroglifr 9i didovadi in dezlegarea lor de o isteTirne atit de deosebiti, incit pare
supranaturali in ochii celor ce n-au decA.t o inteligen;i obignuitS,
Rezultatele dobAndite prin chiar spiritul 9i esenla metodei sale
par intr-adevir a fi rodul unei intuigii.
I Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682), medic englez; a lSsat o seami de re-marcabile lucrlri in prozl, printre care eseul Urn Barial, de unde este
extras citatul de mai sus-
'!7hat song the Syrens sang, or what name Achilles
assumed when he bid himself among women, althoughptuzlingquestions, are not beyond all cor\ecure.
Sir Thomas Browne
The mental features discoursed of as the analytical, are, inthemselves, but litde suscepdble of analysis. tVe appreciate themonly in their effects. \7e know of them, among other things, thatthey are always to their possessor, when inordinately possessed,
a source of the liveliest enjoyment. As the strong man exults inhis physical abiliry, delighting in such exercises as call his muscles
into action, so glories the analyst in that moral activity whichdisentangles. He derives pleasure from even the most trivial oc-cupations bringing his talent into play. He is fond of enigmas, ofconundrums, hieroglyphics; exhibiting in his solutions of each a
degree of acurnen which appears to the ordinary apprehensionpraeternatural. His results, brought about by the very soul andessence of method, have, in truth, the whole air of intuition.
Crimele din Rue Morgue
Aceasti aptitudine de a rezolva poate fi mult dezvoltatl prinstudiul matematicilor ;i mai ales prin cea mai inalti ramuri a
acestora, care pe nedrept gi numai datoriti oPerafiunilor ei
retrograde a fost numitl analizd., ca ;i cum ar h analiza parexcellencet . Dar calculul in sine nu e chiar analizi. Un jucitor de
gah, de pildi, poate si calculeze lariaanaliza.Jocul de gah, prinurmare, e foarte gregit ingeles in ceea ce prive;te efectele sale
asupra spiritului. N-am de gAnd si scriu un tratat, ci doar siprefagez prin cAteva observagii, frcute cu tod in ueacit, o poves-
tire oarecum ciudatl. Mi folosesc deci de acest prilej ca si afirmci forgele cele mai inalte ale cugetului sunt intrebuin;ate dinplin gi mai spornic in modestul joc de dame decAt in trudnicauguritate a gahului. ir,
"..rt din urml joc, in care fiece piesi se
migci in mod diferit si bizar, tot ceea ce e complex numai este
luat (gregeali destul de obignuiti) drept addnc. Atenfia e puternicpusi in joc. Daci sllbegte numai o clipi, facem o gregeali, dincare iese o pierdere sau chiar infringerea. Iar m\cirile permise
fiind nu numai felurite, ci 9i cu puteri deosebite, sortii unorasemenea gregeli devin tot mai numerogi, gi, de noui ori din zece
cAgtigi nu cel mai iscusit jucitor, ci doar cel mai cu luare-aminte.
Dimpotrivi, la jocul de dame, in care migcarea e unicd gi ntrsuferi decir pugine schimbiri, probabilitigile de nebigare de
seami sunt mai mici, iar atengia fiind mult mai pulin intre-buingati, orice avantaj obflnut de unul din jucitori se datoregte
numai superioarei sale isteyimi. Pentru a vorbi mai concret, sipresupunem un joc de dame in care numirul pieselor e redus la
patru regine si in care, desigur, nici o scipare din vedere nu e cu
putingi. E lucru vidit ci victoria nu poate fi dobinditl aici(jucitorii fiind de forle egale) decAt printr-o migcare recherchdd -rezultat al unei puternice incordiri a mingii. Lipsit de mijloacele
obisnuite, analistul pitrunde totugi in cugetul potrivnicului siu,se face una cu el ;i nu o dati gisegte dintr-o ochire singura cale
(uneori, intr-adevlr, mult prea simpli) de a-i intinde o cursi sau
de a-l face sa calculeze gre;it.
t Prin excelengi (ln limba francezi in original)2 Aici: bine chibzuiti (in limba francezl in original)
lhe Murdzrs in the Rue Morgue
The faculry of re-solution is possibly much invigorated byrnathematical study, and especially by that highest branch of itwhich, unjustly, and merely on accounr of its retrograde opera-tions, has been called, as if par excellence, analysis. Yet to calcu-late is not in itself to analyze. A chess-player, for example, does
the one, without efFort at the other, It follows that the game ofchess, in its efFects upon mental character, is greatly misunder-stood. I am not now writing a ueatise, but simply prefacing a
somewhat peculiar narrative by observations very much at ran-dom; I will, therefore, take occasion to assert that the higherpowers of the reflective intellect are more decidedly and moreusefully tasked by the unostentatious game of draughts than byall the elaborate frivoliry ofchess. In this latter, where the pieces
have different and bizarue motions, with various and variablevalues, what is only complex, is mistaken (a not unusual error)fbr what is profound. The attention is here called powerfully intoplay. If it flag for an instant, an oversight is committed, resultingin injury or defeat. The possible moves being not only manifold,but involute, the chances of such oversights are multiplied;lnd in nine cases out of ten, it is the more concentrative ratherthan the more acute player who conquers. In draughts, on thecontrary, where the moves are unique and have but little varia-rion, the probabilities of inadvertence are diminished, and thernere attention being left comparatively unemployed, what ad-vantages are obtained by either party arc obtained by superiorltcilmen. To be less absuact - Let us suppose a game of draughtswhere the pieces are reduced to four kings, and where, ofcourse,no oversight is to be expected. It is obvious that here the victorycan be decided (the players being at all equal) only by some /c-clterclti moyement, the result of some strong exertion of the in-tellect. Deprived of ordinary resources, the analyst rhrowshimself into the spirit of his opponent, identifies himself there-with, and not unfrequendy sees thus, at a glance, the sole meth-ods (sometimes indeed absurdly simple ones) by which he mayseduce into error or hurry into miscalculation.