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Narrator (The Murders in the Rue Morgue; The Purloined Letter)
Appears both in The Murders in the Rue Morgue and in The Purloined Letter as the clever companion of the narrator of those two stories. His highly creative, observant and analytical mind allows him to perceive where the police are going wrong, and stay one step ahead of the criminals. He loves of riddles, mathematics and poetry, and the Prefect mocks him a poet (despite the fact that the Prefect is hopeless to solve the cases without Dupin's aid. He has a strange sense of humor and very eccentric habits (his love of nighttime for example). In The Purloined Letter, he is rivaled by Minister D___, a man with a similar "poetic" but who acts not to solve crimes but commit them. Dupin does seem to feel a sense of competition with Minister D___, giving him an added incentive to solve the crime with flair.
Auguste Dupin Quotes in Poe's Stories
The Poe's Stories quotes below are all either spoken by Auguste Dupin or refer to Auguste Dupin. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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The Murders in the Rue-Morgue
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Had the routine of our life at this place been known to the world, we should have been regarded as madmen – although, perhaps, as madmen of a harmless nature. Our seclusion was perfect. We admitted no visitors.
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Auguste Dupin Quotes in Poe's Stories
The Poe's Stories quotes below are all either spoken by Auguste Dupin or refer to Auguste Dupin. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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The Murders in the Rue-Morgue
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Had the routine of our life at this place been known to the world, we should have been regarded as madmen – although, perhaps, as madmen of a harmless nature. Our seclusion was perfect. We admitted no visitors.
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