Adolf Müllner (Critical Survey of Mystery and Detective Fiction)
Contribution
Adolf Müllner is best known in German literature for his “fate tragedies” (Schicksalstragödien) Der neunundzwanzigste Februar (1812, revised 1818; the twenty-ninth of February) and Die Schuld (1813; Guilt, 1819). His sole contribution to detective fiction is his short novel Der Kaliber (1828; the caliber), which is often called the first detective novel in German literature. The story is told in the first person, the narrator being the examining magistrate charged with investigating the murder of a young man who is killed in the...
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