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C. Auguste Dupin

(Dupin, C. Auguste (Fictitious character))

Le Chevalier C. Auguste Dupin (French: [oɡyst dypɛ̃]) is a fictional character created by Edgar Allan Poe. Dupin made his first appearance in Poe's 1841 short story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", widely considered the first detective fiction story. He reappears in "The Mystery of Marie Rogêt" (1842) and "The Purloined Letter" (1844). (From Wikipedia)

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Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849

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Detectives

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Dupin, C. Auguste (Fictitious character) -- Fiction

Books about C. Auguste Dupin:

Filed under: Dupin, C. Auguste (Fictitious character) -- Fiction

The Murders in the Rue Morgue (multiple texts), by Edgar Allan Poe (HTML with commentary at eapoe.org)
The Prose Romances of Edgar A. Poe: Containing The Murders in the Rue Morgue, and the Man That Was Used Up (only issue of this intended serial edition; Philadelphia: W. H. Graham, 1843), by Edgar Allan Poe
The Purloined Letter, by Edgar Allan Poe (HTML with commentary at americanliterature.com)

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