A Kharkiv University alumnus (1842–1846), De Pulet started out as a teacher in Russian language and history in Voronezh, at the Mikhaylovsky Cadet Corps.

Since 1857 De Pulet worked as a literary critic, first for Moskovskiye Vedomosti and later for Atheneum, Russkaya Beseda, Russky Vestnik, Den, Russkoye Slovo.

At least two of his essays caused controversy and were discussed in the Russian press: "Some Things on Bugs and Moths.

1861, an almanac which featured the folklore materials collected by Alexey Koltsov, as well as the poem Taras and the novella Seminary Student, both by Ivan Nikitin.

He authored two books, A Brief Guide for Studying Prose (Краткое руководство к изучению прозаических сочинений, 1866) and Old Writers and the New Pedagogical View on Them (Старые писатели и новые педагогические на них взгляды, 1869).