The Detective’s Method: Holmes, Poirot, Father Brown and the Influence of C. Auguste Dupin

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to analyse, on the one hand, the method of Sherlock
Holmes, Hercule Poirot and Father Brown in order to build their personality, and, on the
other hand, to establish the similarities that the three detectives share with C. Auguste
Dupin. By creating a relationship between them, the analysis will provide a definition of
character from the assertions of these detectives as well as a clear picture of how their
minds work towards the same purpose: solving cases.