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The unnamed narrator is discussing with the famous Parisian amateur detective C. Auguste Dupin some of his most celebrated cases when they are joined by the Prefect of the Police, a man known as G-. The Prefect has a case he would like to discuss with Dupin. A letter has been stolen from the boudoir of an unnamed female by the unscrupulous Minister D-. It is said to contain compromising information. D- was in the room, saw the letter, and switched it for a letter of no importance. He has been blackmailing his victim. The Prefect makes two deductions with which Dupin does not disagree: The contents of the letter have not been revealed, as this would have led to certain circumstances that have not arisen. Therefore, Minister D- still has the letter in his possession. The ability to produce the letter at a moment's notice is almost as important as actual possession of the letter. Therefore, he must have the letter close at hand. Dans cette nouvelle, le détective Auguste Dupin est informé par G..., le préfet de police de Paris, qu'une lettre de la plus haute importance a été volée dans le boudoir royal. Le moment précis du vol et le voleur, D..., sont connus du policier, mais celui-ci est dans l'incapacité d'accabler le coupable. Malgré des fouilles extrêmement minutieuses effectuées au domicile du voleur, G... n'a en effet pas pu retrouver la lettre. Mettre la main sur cette dernière est pourtant d'une grande importance, car son possesseur se retrouve en mesure d'exercer des pressions sur le membre de la famille royale à qui il l'a dérobée. G... en vient donc à demander l'aide de Dupin. Quelques semaines plus tard, Dupin restitue la lettre au préfet. Il explique alors au narrateur comment certains principes simples lui ont permis de retrouver la lettre. Comme dans Double assassinat dans la rue Morgue, La Lettre volée met en scène Dupin et ses célèbres facultés d'analyse. La réflexion logique est au centre de la nouvelle, et toute une part de l'intrigue s'appuie sur les difficultés à trouver une solution rationnelle à la disparition de la lettre. Lors de sa visite à Dupin, G... explique les raisonnements qui lui ont permis de découvrir l'identité du voleur, D..., et ceux qui lui ont permis de déduire que la lettre était toujours en sa possession, cachée quelque part dans son domicile. En dépit de ses certitudes, G... ne parvient pourtant pas à récupérer l'objet: le mystère se partage donc entre d'une part la possession certaine d'éléments, et de l'autre l'incapacité à obtenir des résultats. Si Dupin réussit, lui, à résoudre cette apparente contradiction, c'est parce qu'il a su raisonner autrement que le policier, dont les déductions, pour justes qu'elles fussent, n'ont pas suffi à résoudre l'affaire. G... a en vain cherché la lettre en la supposant cachée: il a sondé tous les espaces pouvant abriter une lettre qu'on aurait voulu dissimuler. Dupin comprend lui que si G.. a échoué, c'est que la lettre volée a volontairement été mise en évidence par le criminel. Loin d'être rangé dans un endroit secret, le billet est en évidence dans le bureau du coupable: la lettre a été froissée, maquillée d'un autre sceau et d'une autre écriture après avoir été pliée à l'envers. Si elle n'attire pas l'attention c'est qu'elle semble sans valeur, ordinaire.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781532955129
  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 68
  • Series Title: English
  • Sub Title: Bilingual edition/Édition bilingue
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 153295512X
  • Publisher Date: 26 Apr 2016
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 4 mm
  • Weight: 113 gr

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