I looked upon it, therefore, as something of a coincidence, when the door of our apartment was thrown open and admitted our old acquaintance, Monsieur G -, the Prefect of the Parisian police. For myself, however, I was mentally discussing certain topics which had formed matter for conversation between us at an earlier period of the evening I mean the affair of the Rue Morgue, and the mystery attending the murder of Marie Rogt. 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. Auguste Dupin, in his little back library, or book-closet, au troisime, No. He has been blackmailing his victim.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. D- was in the room, saw the letter, and switched it for a letter of no importance. It is said to contain compromising information. A letter has been stolen from the boudoir of an unnamed woman by the unscrupulous Minister D. The Prefect has a case he would like to discuss with Dupin. Auguste Dupin some of his most celebrated cases when they are joined by the Prefect of the Police, a man known as G. The unnamed narrator is discussing with the famous Parisian amateur detective C. It first appeared in the literary annual The Gift for 1845 (1844) and was soon reprinted in numerous journals and newspapers.
These stories are considered to be important early forerunners of the modern detective story.
Auguste Dupin, the other two being "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and "The Mystery of Marie Roget". It is the third of his three detective stories featuring the fictional C. The Purloined Letter is a short story by American author Edgar Allan Poe.
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