In one story centering on this protagonist, the title character was working for Monsieur Le Blanc, while in another he intentionally leaves behind a snuff box in the office of the antagonist.
This character gained pivotal information by reading a newspaper article by Cuvier, and as a child he had great success playing his friends in a game called Odds and Evens. In one story centering on this protagonist, the title character was working for Monsieur Le Blanc, while in another he intentionally leaves behind a snuff box in the office of the antagonist. That same story reveals how he was slighted in Vienna by the antagonist, but is able to get revenge on Minister D by switching the titular object with a duplicate. He has frequent interactions with a prefect known only by the initial G, and in his first appearance, he figured out that Madame L'Espanaye and her daughter were killed by an orangutan. Also appearing in "The Mystery of Marie Roget" and "The Purloined Letter", for 10 points, name this recurring detective in Edgar Allen Poe stories like "The Murders in the Rue Morgue".
This character gained pivotal information by reading a newspaper article by Cuvier, and as a child he had great success playing his friends in a game called Odds and Evens.
{C. Auguste Dupin} (accept either underlined answer)