(originally published 1844-1845 in The Gift: A Christmas and New Year’s Present)
This is the third in a series of three detective stories
starring Poe's character C. Auguste Dupin. It starts when the Prefect of
Police recounts the case of a stolen letter to the amateur detective Dupin and
the narrator (who happens to be with Dupin at the time). The Prefect has just
finished a very scrupulous search for the letter, and has concluded that he is
unable to find it. He believes the case is impossible to solve. A month later
when he again visits Dupin, Dupin has the very letter in his possession. Dupin
then explains how he found it.
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