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大约一百三十年前，第一篇福尔摩斯系列的侦探小说在英国问世。作者阿瑟·柯南道尔或许从未想过，他笔下这位擅长用逻辑来解释世界的中年侦探会如此富有魅力，并且是一种历久弥新的魅力。三十年前，福尔摩斯侦探小说的中译文版问世。一时风靡，饱受好评。形.色匆匆的福尔摩斯从伦敦潮湿的大雾中走来，以他的智慧、胆略和优雅深深地吸引了无数中国“福迷”。阅读过英文原著的读者一定会有一个深刻的体会：福尔摩斯以及他的助手华生，以及他们的客户，乃至一个无足轻重的角色，使用的语言都可以用文雅，甚至文雅得有些繁琐来形容。这和作者柯南·道尔生活的时代——维多利亚时代——有着密切的联系。在一个以崇尚道德修养和谦虚礼貌而著称的年代，小说语言必然最大限度地体现社会风俗。今天看来，有人认为这种语言方式是做作和矫饰的体现，而另一些人却认为是怀旧和经典的载体。

内容概要

阿瑟·柯南·道尔(1859～1930)，英国小说家，1887年发表第一部侦探小说《血字研究》。1889年，柯南道尔出版其第二部小说《四签名》。
这两部小说引起了广大读者的兴趣。之后陆续出版了福尔摩斯侦探小说系列，使其中主人公福尔摩斯成为家喻户晓、受人崇拜的英雄人物。柯南·
道尔还写过一些历史小说、冒险小说，科学幻想小说和剧本。因其在英国以侦探小说闻名，因此他也有“英国侦探小说之父”的美誉。本书收录了柯南·道尔的七篇侦探小说。本书为中英文对照版。

书籍目录

皇冠宝石案
三个同姓人
孤身骑车人
肖斯科姆别墅
三角墙山庄
黑彼得
格兰其庄园

章节摘录

插图："He' s following someone. Yesterday he was out pretending as a workman looking for a job. Today he was an old woman. I could hardly recognize him. I know his ways by now." Billy pointed to an umbrella which leaned against the sofa. "That's part of the old woman's outfit," he said."But what is it all about, Billy？Billy sank his voice, as one who discusses great secrets of State. "I don' t mind telling you, sir, but it should go no further. It' s this case of the Crown diamond.""What-the hundred-thousand-pound burglary？""Yes, sir. They must get it back, sir. The Prime Minister and the Home Secretary came to visit Mr. Holmes the other day. He soon put them at their ease and promised he would do all he could. Then there is Lord Cantlemere ""Ah！""Yes, sir, you know what that means. He' s a living corpse, sir, if I may say so. I can get along with the Prime Minister, and I've nothing against the Home Secretary, who was polite and easy-going, but I can' t stand this Lord Cantlemere. Neither can Mr. Holmes, sir. You see, he doesn' t believe in Mr. Holmes and he did not want to hire him. He would rather that he failed.""And Mr. Holmes knows it？""Mr. Holmes always knows everything.""Well, we' 11 hope he won' t fail and that Lord Cantlemere will be disappointed. But I say, Billy, what is that curtain for across the win- dow？""Mr. Holmes had it put up there three days ago. We' ve got some- thins funny behind it."

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《柯南·道尔侦探小说精选(英汉对照)》是由大连理工大学出版社出版的。

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