C. Auguste Dupin
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Sep 16, 2026
Hugh BonnevilleNARRATOR
Originally published in its entirety in Beeton's Christmas Annual eighteen eighty-seven, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's first Sherlock Holmes story and his first novel of any description was written when he was just twenty-seven years old.
Hugh BonnevilleNARRATOR
Little did he know that it would go on to define his career for the next four and a half decades, or that his central character, a consulting detective called Sherlock Holmes, would prove to be one of the most enduring figures in all of literature.
Hugh BonnevilleNARRATOR
When Doyle wrote this story over the space of about three weeks at the tail end of eighteen eighty-six, he was still working as a doctor in Hampshire.
Hugh BonnevilleNARRATOR
He based the character of Sherlock Holmes in part on one of his university lecturers, a brilliant physician called Joseph Bell, combined with a more literary nod to Edgar Allan Poe's popular French detective, Auguste Dupin, a man whose fierce intellect and attention to detail allow him to seemingly read his companions' minds.
Hugh BonnevilleNARRATOR
But A Study in Scarlet was far from an instant hit.
Hugh BonnevilleNARRATOR
Doyle received multiple rejection letters before Beeton's agreed to publish the story.
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Hugh BonnevilleNARRATOR
Well, I have a trade of my own.
Hugh BonnevilleNARRATOR
I suppose I am the only one in the world.
Mark NormanNARRATOR
It is simple enough as you explain it, I said, smiling.
Mark NormanNARRATOR
You remind me of Edgar Allan Poe's Dupin.
Mark NormanNARRATOR
I had no idea that such individuals did exist outside of stories.
Mark NormanNARRATOR
Sherlock Holmes rose and lit his pipe.
Mark NormanNARRATOR
No doubt you think that you are complimenting me in comparing me to Dupin, he observed.
Mark NormanNARRATOR
Now, in my opinion, Dupin was a very inferior fellow.
Mark NormanNARRATOR
That trick of his of breaking in on his friend's thoughts with an apropos remark after a quarter of an hour's silence is really very showy and superficial.
Mark NormanNARRATOR
He had some analytical genius, no doubt, but he was by no means such a phenomenon as Poe appeared to imagine.
Chuck WilliamsonVOICE_ACTOR
Cast of characters.
Chuck WilliamsonVOICE_ACTOR
C. Auguste Dupin.
Seamus DoppenVOICE_ACTOR
Recording by Seamus Doppen.
Chuck WilliamsonVOICE_ACTOR
Monsieur G.
Chuck WilliamsonVOICE_ACTOR
Nil sapiente odiosus acumina nemo.
Chuck WilliamsonVOICE_ACTOR
Seneca.
Chuck WilliamsonVOICE_ACTOR
At Paris, just after dark one gusty evening in the autumn of 18 redacted, I was enjoying the twofold luxury of meditation and meerschaum in the company with my friend C. Auguste Dupin in his little back library or book closet, Outre-Seme, No. 33 Rue Duneau, Faubourg Saint-Germain.
Chuck WilliamsonVOICE_ACTOR
For one hour at least we had maintained a profound silence, while each, to any casual observer, might have seemed intently and exclusively occupied with the curling eddies of smoke that oppressed the atmosphere of the chamber.
Rachel CorbettGUEST
They, they read Sherlock Holmes.
Rachel CorbettGUEST
They read Dupin and Edgar Allan Poe.
Carolyn DaughtersHOST
Mm-hmm.
Rachel CorbettGUEST
And so, um, I think that's telling that, that it still continues to be, you know, this blend effect in fiction.
Sarah HarrisonHOST
Oh, I love it.
Sarah HarrisonHOST
I, and I, like Carolyn, I, I loved that you kinda started with, and quoted throughout, um, A Study in Scarlet, which was our first book club book for Arthur Conan Doyle.
Sarah HarrisonHOST
You, you know, referenced Dupin and, uh, Edgar Allan Poe.
Sarah HarrisonHOST
And Carolyn, uh, I was really interested in how you came across Rachel's book through this literary contest.
Mark NormanNARRATOR
It is simple enough as you explain it, I said, smiling.
Mark NormanNARRATOR
You remind me of Edgar Allan Poe's Dupin.
Mark NormanNARRATOR
I had no idea that such individuals did exist outside of stories.
Mark NormanNARRATOR
Sherlock Holmes rose and lit his pipe.
Mark NormanNARRATOR
No doubt you think that you are complimenting me in comparing me to Dupin, he observed.
Mark NormanNARRATOR
Now, in my opinion, Dupin was a very inferior fellow.
Mark NormanNARRATOR
That trick of his of breaking in on his friend's thoughts with an apropos remark after a quarter of an hour's silence is really very showy and superficial.
Mark NormanNARRATOR
He had some analytical genius, no doubt, but he was by no means such a phenomenon as Poe appeared to imagine.
Barbara PetersHOST
i'm going to give you a little tip because i have suddenly done a couple of events with writers writing about neurodivergent sluice tim sullivan has a guy called ds george cross who is and he was told when he wrote that uh he had to self-publish it at the beginning because they were the publisher said you're not neurodivergent yourself So you can't write a neurodivergent character, you know.
Barbara PetersHOST
Anyway, if you really want to go back and look at the murders at the Rue Morgue, what is, in fact, C. Auguste Dupin? He is, in fact, neurodivergent at a time nobody actually knew what that was.
Barbara PetersHOST
So is Sherlock Holmes.
Barbara PetersHOST
So, you know, and now they're having a moment on television.
Phil ChenevertNARRATOR
It is simple enough if you explain it, I said, smiling.
Phil ChenevertNARRATOR
You remind me of Edgar Allan Poe's Dupont.
Phil ChenevertNARRATOR
I had no idea that such individuals did exist outside of stories.
Phil ChenevertNARRATOR
Sherlock Holmes rose and lit his pipe.
Phil ChenevertNARRATOR
No doubt you think that you were complimenting me in comparing me to Dupont, he observed.
Phil ChenevertNARRATOR
Now, in my opinion, Dupont was a very inferior fellow.
Phil ChenevertNARRATOR
That trick of his of breaking in on his friend's thoughts was an apropos remark after a quarter of an hour's silence is really very showy and superficial.
Phil ChenevertNARRATOR
he had some analytical genius no doubt but he was by no means such a phenomenon as poe appeared to imagine have you read gaboriau's work i asked does lidcock come up to your idea of a detective sherlock holmes sniffed sardonically Lecoq was a miserable bungler,
speaker_5NARRATOR
"'It's simple enough as you explain it,' I said, smiling.
speaker_5NARRATOR
"'You remind me of Edgar Allan Poe's Dupin.
speaker_5NARRATOR
I had no idea that such individuals did exist outside of stories.' Sherlock Holmes rose and lit his pipe.
speaker_5NARRATOR
"'No doubt you think that you are complimenting me in comparing me to Dupin,' he observed." Now, in my opinion, Dupin was a very inferior fellow.
speaker_5NARRATOR
That trick of his of breaking in on his friend's thoughts with an apropos remark after a quarter of an hour's silence is really very showy and superficial.
speaker_5NARRATOR
He had some analytical genius, no doubt, but he was by no means such a phenomenon as Poe appeared to imagine.
Eleanor ConlonHOST
[laughs]
Martin VauxHOST
Well, I also think he is regarded as extremely important for his C. Auguste Dupin novels.
Eleanor ConlonHOST
Yeah, yeah.
Martin VauxHOST
Or not novels, stories, sorry.
speaker_4VOICE_ACTOR
no great insoluble mystery.
speaker_4VOICE_ACTOR
Monsieur Dupin, if you think the case so obvious, tell me, who is the murderer? He will be here shortly, Monsieur le Prefect of Police.
Auguste DupinNARRATOR
Here? Who is it? The murderer here.
Auguste DupinNARRATOR
Gentlemen, I give you my word as a man of honor... that he will be here in my apartment at precisely 10 o'clock this evening.
Auguste DupinNARRATOR
How can you be so sure? I have asked him to come.
Auguste DupinNARRATOR
It is exactly 9 o'clock now, gentlemen, and in the hour remaining to us before we meet the murderer, I shall explain to you as simply as I can how I managed to arrive at my conclusion.
speaker_4VOICE_ACTOR
Yes, do, Monsieur Dupin.
speaker_4VOICE_ACTOR
I'm always interested in guesswork.
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