For hobbies, Dupin is "fond" of enigmas, conundrums, and hieroglyphics. They promptly move to an old manor located in Faubourg Saint-Germain. This scene, the two characters searching for a hidden text, serves as a metaphor for detection. The two met by accident while both were searching for "the same rare and very remarkable volume" in an obscure library.
He now lives in Paris with his close friend, the anonymous narrator of the stories.
Auguste Dupinĭupin is from what was once a wealthy family, but "by a variety of untoward events" has been reduced to more humble circumstances, and contents himself only with the basic necessities of life. The character laid the groundwork for fictional detectives to come, including Sherlock Holmes, and established most of the common elements of the detective fiction genre.Ĭharacter background and analysis įacsimile of Poe's original manuscript for "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", the first appearance of C. Poe created the Dupin character before the word detective had been coined. His talents are strong enough that he appears able to read the mind of his companion, the unnamed narrator of all three stories. Using what Poe termed " ratiocination", Dupin combines his considerable intellect with creative imagination, even putting himself in the mind of the criminal. He reappears in " The Mystery of Marie Rogêt" (1842) and " The Purloined Letter" (1844).ĭupin is not a professional detective and his motivations for solving the mysteries change throughout the three stories. Dupin made his first appearance in Poe's 1841 short story " The Murders in the Rue Morgue", widely considered the first detective fiction story. Auguste Dupin is a fictional character created by Edgar Allan Poe. OL19724083W Page-progression lr Pages 316 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.22 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20230505230330 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 758 Scandate 20230504054638 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9781772940213 Tts_version 5.Le Chevalier C.
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