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The Purloined Letter (1845) is one of Poe's detective stories featuring his detective character C. Auguste Dupin, who was introduced in The Murders of the Rue Morgue (1841) and seen again in The Mystery of the Marie Roget (1842).
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The Purloined Letter (1845) is one of Poe's detective stories featuring his detective character C. Auguste Dupin, who was introduced in The Murders of the Rue Morgue (1841) and seen again in The Mystery of the Marie Roget (1842). The story opens with Dupin sitting with his unnamed friend, the narrator. They have been reminiscing about the affairs of the Rue Morgue and Marie Roget, when they are visited by the Prefect of the Parisian Police, whom they have not seen for several years. It transpires that this is not a social call - the Prefect has come to seek Dupin's assistance in a case which is causing him some difficulty. He complains to Dupin that the case appears as if it should be simple, yet is baffling the police completely, to which Dupin suggests that perhaps it the simplicity of the case which is causing the problem. The Prefect, brushing this...
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