Monsieur G——

E192929

Monsieur G—— is the somewhat ineffectual prefect of the Parisian police in Edgar Allan Poe’s detective story “The Purloined Letter,” serving as a foil to the superior analytical mind of C. Auguste Dupin.

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Monsieur G—— canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
police prefect ⓘ
appearsIn The Purloined Letter ⓘ
the C. Auguste Dupin stories ⓘ
appearsInCollection Tales by Edgar Allan Poe ⓘ
associatedWith C. Auguste Dupin ⓘ
Parisian government authorities ⓘ
characterTrait conventional thinker ⓘ
lacking superior analytical ability ⓘ
somewhat ineffectual ⓘ
contrastsWith C. Auguste Dupin ⓘ
createdBy Edgar Allan Poe ⓘ
employer Parisian police ⓘ
firstAppearance The Purloined Letter ⓘ
genre detective fiction ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
literaryWorkAuthor Edgar Allan Poe ⓘ
medium short story ⓘ
narrativeRole foil to C. Auguste Dupin ⓘ
nationality French (fictional) ⓘ
occupation prefect of the Parisian police ⓘ
roleInPlot represents official police methods ⓘ
seeks Dupin’s help to recover a stolen letter ⓘ
setting Paris ⓘ
workContext 19th-century literature ⓘ

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The Purloined Letter → policeCharacter → Monsieur G—— ⓘ
Monsieur G—— → hasTitle → Monsieur G—— ⓘ