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	SparkNotes: Poe’s Short Stories: “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” (1841)
		Dupin is eager to survey the setting because the newspaper reports portray the apartment as impossible to escape from the inside, which makes the case so mysterious.
		Dupin suggests that the police have been so distracted by the atrocity of the murder and the apparent lack of motive that, while they have been attentive to what has occurred, they have failed to consider that the present crime could be something that has never occurred before.
		Dupin adds that the owner must be a sailor, since, at the base of the lightning rod, he found a ribbon knotted in a way unique to naval training.
	www.sparknotes.com /lit/poestories/section5.rhtml (1810 words)

	SparkNotes: Poe’s Short Stories: “The Purloined Letter” (1844)
		Dupin asks whether the police have searched the Minister’s residence, arguing that since the power of the letter derives from its being readily available, it must be in his apartment.
		Dupin argues that the Minister D—— is intelligent enough not to hide the letter in the nooks and crannies of his apartment—exactly where the police first investigate.
		Dupin’s most pointed criticisms of the prefect have less to do with a personal attack than with a critique of the mode of investigation employed by the police as a whole.
	www.sparknotes.com /lit/poestories/section9.rhtml (1551 words)

	Stories of Edgar Allan Poe Book Notes Summary by Edgar Allan Poe: The Purloined Letter
		Dupin prepares to light a lamp but aborts this upon hearing that the Prefect is seeking advice about a case he cannot solve, declaring that they can all focus better in the darkness, adding that perhaps the Prefect's error is that he does not see the obvious facts about the case, whatever it may be.
		Dupin adds that he knows Minister D-- personally, and that he is not a fool and wouldn't just carry the letter around with him; the Prefect G-- disagrees, however, boldly insisting that D-- is a poet and all poets are basically fools according to him.
		Dupin then tells a little story about a doctor named Abernethy who knew a rich miser that wanted free medical advice for some illness he was having, although the miser asked for advice indirectly, without wanting to directly consult this doctor and pay a fee.
	www.bookrags.com /notes/poe/PART31.html (2288 words)

	Investigation
		Dupin, the rationalist, is by his admission, "guilty of certain doggerel." Dupin is suited to align his intellect with D--'s; thus he locates the letter and is able to use it to his purposes.
		Dupin's method does not lead to the prosecution of D--; on the contrary, Dupin replaces the letter with a facsimile.
		Dupin's detective work is almost entirely a mental process: in order to solve the crime he conceives it in his own mind.
	xroads.virginia.edu /~MA98/silverman/poe/invest3.html (899 words)

	Sherlockian Serendipity - Page 3
		Dupin is an eccentric, with a genius for induction and deduction as applied to human behavior — as is Holmes.
		Dupin arranges to examine the scene of the crime with the consent of the police — a regular practice of Holmes.
		Dupin is spurred to solve the riddle of the Rue Morgue by the fact that a person of whose innocence he is certain has been arrested and charged with the murders — as does Holmes.
	www.capnbilly.com /serendipity_3.htm (528 words)

	(70 proof) - book reviews
		Dupin's spirit diminished with his fortune, leaving him a touch antisocial and completely uninterested in retrieving his lost wealth.
		Dupin soon begins to amaze with his powers of perception, even going so far as to read the narrator's mind by means of acute observation and deduction.
		Dupin is in fine form throughout, expounding philosophically on the means of investigation.
	www.70proof.org /051504r.htm (1586 words)

	In This Corner: Sherlock Holmes versus Auguste Dupin
		Dupin is the archetype for the analytical detective.
		Read a book, damn it!) Dupin, unfazed by Holmes' attempts to rattle him, makes mention of Sherlock's own problems, namely the fact that he was never as smart as his brother Mycroft, possibly has a homosexual relationship with Doctor Watson, and has a nasty addiction to morphine and cocaine that has probably rendered him impotent.
		Dupin strikes again and again, looking to finish the battle off and prove once and for all how awesome he is. But just before he kills Holmes, his head inexplicably explodes.
	www.uvm.edu /~chmartin/holmes_dupin.html (771 words)

	::Strand Magazine::
		In "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," Poe introduced readers to a Parisian polymath, C. Auguste Dupin, a man endowed with preternatural analytical faculties, a man for whom ordinary men "wore windows in their bosoms." The unnamed narrator of these stories is one of these ordinary men.
		Dupin’s powers are such that not only can he seemingly read the narrator’s very thoughts at the instant he is thinking them, but he can explain the whole chain of reasoning that led to his thoughts merely by observing the sequence of expressions on his face.
		The supposititious Dupin would never become the phenomenon that Sherlock Holmes became, because he was solely an expression of the analytical capacity of the intellect—a ratiocinative device.
	www.strandmag.com /poe.htm (2356 words)

	C. Auguste Dupin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Generally acknowledged as the first detective in fiction, C. Auguste Dupin was the prototype for many that came later (most notably Sherlock Holmes).
		In the novel Dupin travels to America to investigate the circumstances of Poe's mysterious death in 1849.
		Dupin makes a guest appearance in the first two issues of Alan Moore's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen comic book, helping to track down and subdue the monstrous Mr Hyde (who is living secretly in Paris after faking the death described in The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Auguste_Dupin (465 words)

	Johns Hopkins Magazine - April 1995 Issue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		His master sleuth, C. Auguste Dupin, is little more than the embodiment of thought process, a character given to lecturing about the nature of analysis and the method by which one steps outside the mind to observe its workings.
		In "Rue Morgue," Auguste Dupin reasons his way out of a locked room, and then follows the Thesean thread of the "clews" to triumph over the killer, who turns out to be a manlike beast, an orangutan.
		Dupin has, in effect, examined a reflection of himself, in which the dominance of good over evil is reversed.
	www.jhu.edu /~jhumag/495web/sleuth.html (4603 words)

	Table of contents for Library of Congress control number 00069156
		Auguste Dupin: Poe's Burgeoning Professional by William Crisman Poe's ingenious sleuth Auguste Dupin, of the serial myster- ies "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," "The Mystery of Marie Roget," and "The Purloined Letter," grows into his role of professional detective.
		Dupin Is a New Mythological Figure by Lothar Cerny Like many heroes in ancient myths, Auguste Dupin fulfills almost superhuman tasks in his pursuit for justice.
		Detective Dupin lives by this same belief, solving his famous cases with a de- tached analysis of scientific data and an understanding of the human heart.
	www.loc.gov /catdir/toc/fy022/00069156.html (1083 words)

	Poe's "Murders on the Rue Morgue"
		Dupin, on the other hand, thinks there are plenty of clues, because he is a master at turning observation into deduction.
		Dupin suggests that, in fact, this was because they were not words at all.
		What strikes Dupin immediately is that the crime seems inhuman, and he therefore considers the possibility that it hadn’t been committed by a human at all.
	www.storybites.com /poemorgue.htm (831 words)

	The POE SHADOW : GALLERY
		A nineteenth century wood engraving depicting Poe's detective character, C. Auguste Dupin, hero of three short tales, "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," "The Mystery of Marie Roget," and "The Purloined Letter." (Read about a new special edition of these stories.) Pictured with Dupin is his unnamed assistant and the prefect of police.
		Dupin sometimes wears green glasses, as a disguise or to sleep through the prefect's long explanations of cases.
		The character of Dupin sparked the imagination of many readers, including Arthur Conan Doyle.
	www.matthewpearl.com /poe/gallerydupin2.html (85 words)

	The City of Absurdity: David Lynch, Papers - The Detective in 'Twin Peaks'
		Auguste Dupin has been the first detective who worked within the confines of those logical rules.
		Dupin's method of analysis and his applied ratiocination enable him to read other people's mind, or better, to deduce what has been thought by the other person merely through the study of their behavior.
		Cawelti states that Dupin is a "brilliant and rather ambiguous figure who appears to have an almost magical power to expose and lay bare the deepest secrets" (94).
	www.thecityofabsurdity.com /papers/detective11.html (636 words)

	Detective Fiction on Stamps: Nicaragua: The 12 Most Famous Fictional Detectives
		Dupin era un romantico extravagante que habitaba cuartos alumbrados por candelas en Paris.
		Auguste Dupin appeared for the first time in "The Murders of the Rue Morgue," written by Edgar Allan Poe (1841).
		Dupin era un romantico stravagante che abitava a Parigi nei quartieri illuminati da candele.
	www.trussel.com /detfic/nicarag.htm (3668 words)

	Edgar Allan Poe Was there a living model for the character of C. Auguste Dupin?
		Dupin appears in three of Poe's most famous detective stories, "Murders in the Rue Morgue," "The Mystery of Marie Roget," and "The Purloined Letter." In each of these tales, he visits the scene of a crime that the local French police have examined without profit and gathers clues that have escaped their attention.
		But Dupin does not solve crimes via deduction; rather, he uses intuitive associations or leaps and his extraordinary insights into the minds of the perpetrators.
		Dupin combines analytical with creative intelligence, the mind of the mathematician with the soul of a poet.
	www.enotes.com /edgar-allan-poe-masters/47357 (238 words)

	The Dupin Stories by Edgar Allan Poe
		Sherlock Holmes was very dismissive of Dupin and Poe, but Arthur Conan Doyle freely acknowledged his debt to character and author, a fact missed by David Timson in his otherwise admirable notes.
		Whether or not you’ve read Dupin lately, I urge you to listen to these grand readings.
		The Dupin Stories is a near-essential companion to David Timson’s continuing series of superb readings of the Sherlock Holmes stories for Naxos AudioBooks.
	www.sherlockiana.net /books/rev/dupin.html (186 words)

	C. Auguste Dupin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Dupin, from "The Murder in the Rue Morgue", is the first detective character in literature.
		Still, the story and the character are crucial to the development of the sub-genre so I have included it.
		Dupin appeared in two other stories after "Rue Morgue" but neither is of a supernatural nature.
	www.gwthomas.org /dupin.htm (175 words)

	The Purloined Letter Page 1
		Paris, just after dark one gusty evening in the autumn of 18 ---, I was enjoying the twofold luxury of meditation and a meerschaum, in company with my friend C. Auguste Dupin, in his little back library, or book-closet, au troisiême, No. 33, Rue Dunôt, Faubourg St. Germain.
		For one hour at least we had maintained a profound silence; while each, to any casual observer, might have seemed intently and exclusively occupied with the curling eddies of smoke that oppressed the atmosphere of the chamber.
		We gave him a hearty welcome; for there was nearly half as much of the entertaining as of the contemptible about the man, and we had not seen him for several years.
	www.web-books.com /Classics/Poe/Stories/Purloined_1.htm (1042 words)

	The Purloined Letter - Wikisource
		At Paris, just after dark one gusty evening in the autumn of 18--, I was enjoying the twofold luxury of meditation and a meerschaum, in company with my friend C. Auguste Dupin, in his little back library, or book closet, au troisième, No. 33, Rue Dunot, Faubourg St. Germain.
		Say to one of these gentlemen, by way of experiment, if you please, that you believe occasions may occur where x2+px is not altogether equal to q, and, having made him understand what you mean, get out of his reach as speedily as convenient, for, beyond doubt, he will endeavor to knock you down.
		"The material world," continued Dupin, "abounds with very strict analogies to the immaterial; and thus some color of truth has been given to the rhetorical dogma, that metaphor, or simile, may be made to strengthen an argument, as well as to embellish a description.
	en.wikisource.org /wiki/The_Purloined_Letter (5762 words)

	Rambles: Avi, The Man Who Was Poe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Introducing himself as Auguste Dupin, he agrees to solve the mystery -- but the mysterious Dupin is surrounded by puzzles of his own.
		Poe (for of course Dupin is he) is not a likable man. Often drunk, frequently desperate and usually quite unfeeling, he occasionally exhibits uncharacteristic kindness towards Edmund.
		But there is a clear dichotomy between Poe the writer and Dupin the sleuth, and Edmund can never be sure which will present himself at any given moment.
	www.rambles.net /avi_poe91.html (325 words)

	The Purloined Letter by Edgar Allan Poe
		In the story, "The Purloined Letter" by Edgar Allan Poe, C. Auguste Dupin investigates a crime.
		The narrator and C. Auguste Dupin were sitting in the dark when Monsieur G --, the Prefect of the Parisian police, opened the door and entered.
		When Dupin started his investigation, he didn't have to tear the place up.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/classic_literature/103624 (441 words)

	Stories of Edgar Allan Poe Book Notes Summary by Edgar Allan Poe: Commentary
		The sole inspiration for Poe's Dupin appears to be derived not from any fictitious figure, but rather from a real-life Frenchman named Eugene Francois Vidocq (1775-1857); doubtless Poe heard of this man while he was in London as a child, and he followed this man's memoirs detailing the events of his life.
		Edgar Allan Poe evidently knew about Vidocq, because Auguste Dupin makes reference to Vidocq's flaws in "The Murders at the Rue Morgue," stating that Vidocq was an intelligent man, but he was limited nevertheless by his own inability to look at the "big picture," thus leading to his resignation.
		Like Holmes and Poirot, Dupin knows little humility; he is extremely talented, and he uses these abilities to their furthest extent.
	www.bookrags.com /notes/poe/PART18.htm (844 words)

	Edgar Allan Poe is a character...in two new works of fiction - Sonic Youth Gossip (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Poe's original tales of C Auguste Dupin, the first literary detective, still excite interest and raise questions about exactly what the substance of detective fiction really is. Borges complicates those questions further and helps us see the genre more clearly inside his interlocking, fascinating puzzles.
		Conan Doyle freely admitted that Sherlock Holmes was inspired by C Auguste Dupin.
		Look for the amusing comment on Dupin by Sherlock Holmes in his first appearance, A Study in Scarlet.
	www.sonicyouth.com /gossip/showthread.php?p=64240 (1222 words)

	Auguste Dupin - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre
		Auguste Dupin es el nombre del detective investigador creado por Edgar Allan Poe, predecesor y tal vez semilla del célebre Sherlock Holmes.
		El propio Arthur Conan Doyle cita a Dupin en la primera de las novelas de Holmes, Estudio en Escarlata; también rinde homenaje a los métodos del detective en un relato contenido en Las memorias de Sherlock Holmes.
		Auguste Dupin es el paradigma primigenio del detective analítico que aplica la razón y la ciencia para resolver sus casos.
	es.wikipedia.org /wiki/Auguste_Dupin (289 words)

	The Purloined Letter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		At Paris, just after dark one gusty evening in the autumn of 18--, I was enjoying the twofold luxury of meditation and a meerschaum, in company with my friend, C. Auguste Dupin, in his little back library, or book-closet, au troisième, No. 33 Rue Dunôt, Faubourg St. Germain.
		In short, I never yet encountered the mere mathematician who would be trusted out of equal roots, or one who did not clandestinely hold it as a point of his faith that x2 + px was absolutely and unconditionally equal to q.
		I knew him, however, as both mathematician and poet, and my measures were adapted to his capacity, with reference to the circumstances by which he was surrounded.
	faculty.smu.edu /nschwart/2306/Purloined.htm (5640 words)

	The Purloined Letter - Edgar Allan Poe
		In short, I never yet encountered the mere mathematician who could be trusted out of equal roots, or one who did not clandestinely hold it as a point of his faith that x squared + px was absolutely and unconditionally equal to q.
		I mean to say," continued Dupin, while I merely laughed at his last observations, "that if the Minister had been no more than a mathematician, the Prefect would have been under no necessity of giving me this check.
		I knew him, however, as both mathematician and poet, and my measures were adapted to his capacity, with referenceto the circumstances by which he was surrounded.
	www.pambytes.com /poe/stories/purloined-letter.html (5666 words)

	Amazon.com: "Auguste Dupin": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Two are universally acknowledged: C. Auguste Dupin, the patrician hero of the first true detective story, and Sherlock Holmes, the very epitome of brilliant deduction.
		and nourished in a new era of world history." The story introduces the eccentric detective in the character of C. Auguste Dupin as he solves the grotesque murders of Madame and Mademoiselle L'Espanaye (mother and daughter)...
		to Poe's Dupin stories, remarking that his detective Erik Lnnrot "thought of himself as a pure logician, a kind of Auguste Dupin" (65).
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Auguste-Dupin (577 words)

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