一个世纪以来,福尔摩斯的故事一直在读者的想象世界里有一种特殊的魔力。 这本新的选集收入了12个经典故事,全方位呈现出他们那个想象世界的元素:伦敦阴郁的浓雾、住在破烂宅邸里那些没用的贵族后裔,以及在大英帝国遥远角落里隐藏的凶案。这些故事从福尔摩斯推理生涯的早期跨越到终点,另外还收录了可单独成书的《四个签名》。巴里?麦克里教授的导读则向我们揭示了故事表面之下的复杂暗流。 For more than a century the Holmes stories have held a strange grip on the popular imagination. This new selection of twelve of the best stories is designed to give readers a full sense of their world: the brooding fog of London, ruined heirs in creaking mansions, and hidden crimes in the farthest-flung corners of the British Empire. They take Holmes’s career from its early days to its close, and include the book-length The Sign of the Four. Barry McCrea’s introduction investigates the complex currents that lie beneath their surface.
Introduction Note on the Text Select Bibliography A Chronology of Arthur Conan Doyle The Sign of the Four A Scandal in Bohemia A Case of Identity The Red-Headed League The Man with the Twisted Lip The Blue Carbuncle The Speckled Band The Musgrave Ritual The Greek Interpreter The Dancing Men The Six Napoleons His Last Bow Explanatory Notes
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