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The Murders in the Rue Morgue is widely recognized as the first modern detective story. It introduces Auguste Dupin, a brilliant amateur detective whose analytical method and narrative framing set the template for later fictional detectives like Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot. Poe published the tale in 1841, and it is often described as a foundational work in the detective fiction genre.