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 Préfecture de police de Paris
surface form: 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—— (Prefect of the Parisian police) hasTitle Monsieur G——
subject surface form: Monsieur G——