沒事兒讀點英文小說吧

前言

大約一百三十年前，第一篇福爾摩斯系列的偵探小說在英國問世。作者阿瑟·柯南道爾或許從未想過，他筆下這位擅長用邏輯來解釋世界的中年偵探會如此富有魅力，并且是一種歷久彌新的魅力。三十年前，福爾摩斯偵探小說的中譯文版問世。一時風(fēng)靡，飽受好評。形.色匆匆的福爾摩斯從倫敦潮濕的大霧中走來，以他的智慧、膽略和優(yōu)雅深深地吸引了無數(shù)中國“福迷”。閱讀過英文原著的讀者一定會有一個深刻的體會：福爾摩斯以及他的助手華生，以及他們的客戶，乃至一個無足輕重的角色，使用的語言都可以用文雅，甚至文雅得有些繁瑣來形容。這和作者柯南·道爾生活的時代——維多利亞時代——有著密切的聯(lián)系。在一個以崇尚道德修養(yǎng)和謙虛禮貌而著稱的年代，小說語言必然最大限度地體現(xiàn)社會風(fēng)俗。今天看來，有人認為這種語言方式是做作和矯飾的體現(xiàn)，而另一些人卻認為是懷舊和經(jīng)典的載體。

內(nèi)容概要

阿瑟·柯南·道爾(1859～1930)，英國小說家，1887年發(fā)表第一部偵探小說《血字研究》。1889年，柯南道爾出版其第二部小說《四簽名》。
這兩部小說引起了廣大讀者的興趣。之后陸續(xù)出版了福爾摩斯偵探小說系列，使其中主人公福爾摩斯成為家喻戶曉、受人崇拜的英雄人物?？履稀?br />道爾還寫過一些歷史小說、冒險小說，科學(xué)幻想小說和劇本。因其在英國以偵探小說聞名，因此他也有“英國偵探小說之父”的美譽。本書收錄了柯南·道爾的七篇偵探小說。本書為中英文對照版。

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插圖："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·道爾偵探小說精選(英漢對照)》是由大連理工大學(xué)出版社出版的。

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