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But although Bucket is the first significant criminal investigation
雖然我認為巴克特是英國小說中第一位
in British fiction I think,
重要的偵探
you couldn't possibly claim the Bleak House is the first who done it
但是并不能說，荒涼山莊，是第一部尋兇小說
because the murder story in that novel it isn't central to it.
因為謀殺情節并不是小說的中心內容
It's just really background sensation material to other things
相對于其他作者更感興趣的情節
that the author is more interested in doing.
它只是作為襯托的奇情素材
A novel in which the who done it mystery is central
真正把尋兇作為中心內容的小說
was one that was written by Dickens' friend
是由狄更斯的好友兼同行
and Professional associate Wilkie Collins.
威爾基·柯林斯編著的
It's The Moonstone which was published a decade and a half
書名為，月亮石,出版于1868年
after Bleak House and it was published in 1868.
比荒涼山莊晚十五年
I know that P.D. James who will be hearing from later
據我所知P·D·詹姆斯，我們后面會講到他
regard it actually as the first who done it.
將它視為第一本尋兇小說
It's a novel that certainly has all the elements
這部小說當然包含了能跟這個流派
you'd associate with the genre.
聯系上的所有要素
The crime takes place in a closed community.
罪案發生在一個封閉的環境
It takes place in a house that has been shut in for the night.
案發的房間在晚上已經關閉
There is a very limited circle of suspects.
嫌疑人限定在很小的范圍
There are a lot of clues and false leads and multiple motives
很多線索和假線索，還有紛雜的作案動機
and suspicious behaviors.
和各種可疑行為
And there's an investigating policeman called Inspector Cuff
還有一位叫做卡夫探長的警察在進行調查
who is very closely modeled on Inspector Whicher.
他像是在極力的效仿威徹爾探長
But the only problem I think about the claim for The Moonstone
把月亮石作為首部偵探小說也有問題
to be the first detective book is that the crime isn't murder.
那就是所犯之罪并非謀殺
The crime in the moonstone is the theft of
月亮石中罪案是一件價值連城的
a fabulously valuable jewel
珠寶被盜
that has been brought back from India where was looted from a temple.
它從印度的一座寺廟劫掠，然后被帶回
And so it is not the murder mystery that the moonstone pioneers.
所以說月亮石并不是神秘謀殺小說的鼻祖
Wilkie Collins who was a leading exponent.
威爾基·柯林斯是一位領軍人物
He is very good at spotting market trends among readership
生活在19世紀，他善于通過讀者
in the 19th century.
把握市場動態
He'd spotted I think the appetite for this kind of material.
我認為他發現了一種很受歡迎的素材
