He has since used his power over her to political advantage.

True to his daring nature, he put down his own letter on the table and, knowing she would not call attention to it, picked up her letter in its place. Minister D-, entering the boudoir on business, saw the letter and, recognizing the handwriting and seeing her confusion, realized her secret.

She was forced to place the compromising letter on a table with just the address showing. While perusing the letter, the royal personage was interrupted by the exalted personage from whom she wished to keep it a secret. The Prefect wishes to consult Dupin about a puzzling case involving a sensitive letter stolen from the royal apartments. Auguste Dupin are enjoying a quiet evening when they are visited by the Prefect of Police. The story has been adapted for television as an episode of Suspense (1952), as 'The Case of The Purloined Letter' (1979) with main characters recast in an episode of the Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson series, and as 'The Pawloined Paper' (1988) for the children's series Wishbone with a canine title character. 'The Purloined Letter' has influenced numerous detective stories, including several Sherlock Holmes short stories.

In the end, it is Dupin who deduces its clever hiding place using his peculiar analytic ability. The identity of the criminal is known, and circumstances indicate the letter is hidden in his residence, and yet a meticulous search has failed to produce it. In the story, Dupin is consulted by the Prefect of Police who is searching desperately for a sensitive letter being used to blackmail a royal personage. Poe himself considered it to be possibly the best of his 'tales of ratiocination.' Unlike the previous two Dupin stories, ' The Murders in the Rue Morgue' (1841) and 'The Mystery of Marie Rogêt' (1842), 'The Purloined Letter' contains no sensational elements, making it a strictly intellectual piece of detective fiction. It is the third and final story by Poe featuring the brilliant amateur detective C. First published in the 1845 edition of the annual The Gift (issued in 1844), it was an immediate success both in America and in Europe. 'The Purloined Letter' is a short story by the American author Edgar Allan Poe. Illustration for The Purloined Letter by Frederic Lix (c.

The case of the purloined letter