Short Fiction · Character

Adolphe Le Bon

Bank clerk briefly suspected in the Rue Morgue murders.

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Also known as Le Bon

Adolphe Le Bon shows up with force in The Murders in the Rue Morgue. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Mentioned as having once done Dupin a service, prompting Dupin's interest in the case.

Adolphe Le Bon first appears in 0031 the murders in the rue morgue.

In The Murders in the Rue Morgue: Mentioned as having once done Dupin a service, prompting Dupin's interest in the case.

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

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