Gentleman detective shares some features with the later gentleman detective. He was "…the first fictional detective of importance and the model for virtually every cerebral crime solver who followed." More specifically, Dorothy L. Sayers noted that "Sherlock Holmes modelled himself to a large extent upon (Poe's) Dupin, substituting cocaine for candlelight, with accompaniments of shag and fiddle-playing." Dupin is French, not English, but is probably a "gentleman". He comes from a once wealthy family but has been reduced "by a variety of untoward events" to more humble circumstances. He is entirely amateur and contents himself only with the basic necessities of life.
Gogol (Detective) fictional detective character is still very popular for children. In some cases Private investigator of Naihati, Mr. Ashok Thakur help and save Gogol from the criminals. Bose writes lot of short stories and novel based on Gogol's adventures. Most of the Gogol series were published in Bengali child magazine like Anandamela, Shuktara etc. Gogol (Detective) Gogol (Detective) is a fictional teenage detective character created by Bengali writer Samaresh Basu especially for children. Few Gogol's stories were adapted into films. As per the writer Samaresh Basu, Gogol's father Samiresh Chatterjee was fan of Russian writer Nikolai Gogol hence he named his