Dupin stories
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This seems to be the over-riding aspect from “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” that many of the authors of this collection have used to inspire their stories. You are lead to believe that Dupin only tolerates his companion. However it is rather thin on the characterisation of some characters and in response to this Dupin appears to be arrogant and although very mannerly, he has little time for people he deems to be unequal to him in mental abilities. This hair leads to the solution of the vicious crime, which turns out not to be a crime but a tragic accident of very unusual origins.Īs with all Poe’s work it is a very well executed piece of writing.
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In “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” Dupin is the one to find the vital piece of evidence – an unusual strand of hair. In this story the main reason Dupin can solve it is because he has the ability to disregard all conventional possibilities, and follow a previously unthought-of possibility. He can devise the true happenings in a crime when no one else can. Dupin possesses the insistent need to discover the truth about any event that sparks his interest. Not to be reminded of Holmes would be rather difficult I fear as there have been so many portrayals. As I read Poe’s original story I was continually reminded of Sherlock Holmes. Dupin is a highly intelligent gentleman of various interests as long as they are mentally taxing. His story “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” introduced this man as being C. Poe on the other hand, didn’t concentrate on the presence of the police but on the possibility that a gentleman of independent means would be curious enough to investigate crimes and provide solutions to stalled police forces. In many cities at this time a more formalised police force was brought into effect and some writings around the time reflect this occurrence.
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Poe may have written these stories in response to changes in how a city or country investigated and viewed crimes, particularly violent crimes. Dupin featured again in two more stories between 18. In 1841, Poe published a short story called “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” featuring the Chevalier C. This accolade surprisingly belongs to Edgar Allan Poe. Having been raised with the eternal characters of Sherlock Holmes, Miss Marple and Poirot, I was surprised to learn that these were not the first fictional detectives that have given way to one of the most popular genres to grace the bookshelves or television screens today. Maybe this collection would have been more engaging if more of this type of skill set was utilised. Only two of the authors Simon Clark and Mike Carey have any credited previous work involving crime alongside the horror or supernatural. The nine authors are varied in their individual styles, but they have all written in the horror or supernatural and science fiction genres for long periods of their careers. Auguste Dupin, would be featuring throughout the collection and I was slightly disappointed as this was not always the case. Reading the introduction by Paul Kane and Charles Prepolec, editors of this collection, I was lead to believe that the main character of Poe’s story, Chevalier C. This collection consists of ten stories Poe’s original work “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” and then followed by nine additional stories. Poe wrote a set of short stories in the 1840’s featuring a detective called Chevalier C.
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Beyond Rue Morgue is a short story collection with a slight twist.