![]() ![]() In April of 1898, a prostitute named Anna Coupeau was murdered in the Rue Morgue. It's assumed he spent a great deal of his time reading, as he claims to read a lot. Not much is known about his life during this period. Later in life, Dupin retired from detective work. A sailor answers the call and is reunited with his pet orangutan. Dupin then puts an ad in the newspaper for a missing orangutan. This was due to the fact that he had delivered gold to them the day before.Īfter taking one look at the crime scene, Dupin was able to deduce that the criminal was an orangutan (or Ourang-Outang as the story calls it). ![]() Despite having no real evidence against him, the police arrested Adolphe Le Bon. Camille was found strangled to death with her body stuffed up a chimney. Madame L'Espanaye was left with multiple broken bones and her head cut nearly clean off. In 1841, Dupin investigated the murder of Madame L'Espanaye and her daughter Camille L'Espanaye. This establishes Dupin as a master of a form of deduction called "ratiocination." While walking through the streets in almost total silence for fifteen minutes, Dupin was able to show he could deduce what his companion had been thinking. One night, Dupin shows off his extraordinary analytical abilities to his unnamed friend. They kept no other contact with anyone but each other. Auguste Dupin and the unnamed man spend all of their days reading books and having long discussions while going out on the town at night. They soon rent a dilapidated mansion in poor section of the Faubourg St. The two quickly hit it off and decide to live together. At some point, Dupin was given the rank of Chevalier.ĭuring one summer, Dupin runs into a man (whose name we never learn) that is searching for the same book as him. However, he is still given an allowance which he mostly spends on books. It's never mentioned how, but a series of events caused Dupin to lose family fortune. Auguste Dupin, was born to an illustrious family. At the end of the 1800s, Dupin is brought out of retirement when it seems the Rue Morgue case has opened again once more.Ĭ. It is not known what became of the unnamed man. These cases are known as the Mystery of Marie Rogêt and the Purloined Letter.Īt some point after these mysteries, Dupin retired. Successfully solving the case, Dupin and the unnamed man consult the French police on more cases. Soon after moving in together, they start their first case together: the Murders in the Rue Morgue. Dupin and the man subsequently moved into an old mansion where they spend their days indoors reading and nights out on the town. They happened to meet when they accidentally tried to buy the same book. He also bears the title of Chevalier meaning that he is a knight.ĭupin's adventures are catalogued by an unnamed man and published in the newspaper (similarly to Sherlock Holme's companion, Dr. He's known to have come from a wealthy family, although that wealth has seems to have run out for him. Little is known about Dupin prior to his most famous case, the Murders in the Rue Morgue. Dupin referred to this process of deduction as "ratiocination." He uses his incredible intellect, combined with an ability to put him self into the criminal's mind to solve cases. Auguste Dupin is a brilliant French detective. ![]()
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