# Marie Rogêt — Short Fiction character guide

> Marie Rogêt in Short Fiction by Edgar Allan Poe.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Marie, the unfortunate Marie Rogêt

**First appearance:** 0041-the-mystery-of-marie-rog-t

## Snapshot

A radiant Parisian grisette whose beauty turns a perfumer's shop notorious, then vanishes for a week—and returns with a sadness no one can explain.

## Who they are

Marie Rogêt assists her widowed mother's pension before her charms draw the attention of a Palais Royal perfumer, whose shop becomes a haunt for her admirers. Her sudden week-long disappearance and subdued reappearance stir private whispers the police are quick to hush. When she vanishes again, the mystery of this sprightly but elusive young woman becomes the case Dupin cannot leave alone.

## In the story

### [The Mystery of Marie Rogêt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_14_se/chapters/the-mystery-of-marie-rog-t)

The victim whose murder is under investigation; her first disappearance is noted.

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_14_se/chapters/endnotes)

The fictional character based on the real Mary Cecilia Rogers, whose murder is the subject of the tale and the endnotes.

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