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The other thing that Conan Doyle does is to
柯南·道爾小說中的兇殺案與愛倫·坡的相比
make the mysteries on the murders
另一個不同之處是
less blood curdling than they are in Edgar Allan Poe.
不再那樣的驚悚嚇人
And also he heightens the emphasis even more on
他更加強調通過推理過程
solving a mystery by the process of reason.
解開謎團
With Sherlock Holmes stories, I would say the balance shifts
對于夏洛克·福爾摩斯的故事，我想說
even more from if you like the cadaver the flesh creeping aspect
相比于恐怖死尸的方面
of the who done it to the Cluedo aspect,
更偏向于妙探尋兇方面
the brain teaser aspect of it.
動腦筋的方面
And as a result the detective genre really
因此，偵探小說真正的
captures the public imagination.
激發了公眾的想象力
And appeals to a vastly wider audience,
吸引了更廣泛的讀者
not just fans of the macabre and grotesque and eccentric,
而不僅僅是愛好恐怖，荒誕，古怪故事的人
as you would have had with Poe.
這些都是愛倫·坡作品擁有的特點
Conan Doyle introduced Sherlock Holmes to the public
柯南·道爾將夏洛克·福爾摩斯推向公眾
in a novella originally called A Study in Scarlet
是通過一篇叫做血字的研究的中篇小說
that was published in Beeton's Christmas Annual in 1887.
于1887年在比登圣誕年刊上出版
And didn't actually make that much of an impact
與其后來的作品相比
compared with the later stories.
并沒有引起很大的反響
It was the later publications that did this.
后來的版本才引發轟動
I mean what Conan Doyle did was he started
我是說，從此柯南·道爾開始
publishing shorter stories in the Strand Magazine
在河濱雜志發表短篇故事
That's the magazine you might get the famous
提到這個雜志你可能會想到著名的
iconic signee paget illustrations that stamped on your image of
標志性插圖，讓你對福爾摩斯的印象
Holmes the deerstalker hat the pipe and so on.
打上了標簽，獵鹿帽，煙斗等等
And for over 40 years
40年間
56 stories were published in the Strand Magazine.
在河濱雜志發表的故事達56篇
It was a very sort of successful magazine
該雜志在富人圈里
among the really rich of public in lots of ways,
取得成功的原因是多方面的
gave free gifts and so on.
包括免費贈送禮物等等
That all helped the launch of the genre, I think.
我認為這些都有助于該流派小說的推廣
In total then Conan Doyle published
柯南·道爾總計發表
56 Holmes stories and 4 novellas.
56篇福爾摩斯故事和4部中篇小說
What happens then is that the Powers of Reason
當時所發生的就是推理的力量
are pitted against the forces of criminal confusion.
讓罪惡的偽裝自慚形穢
Sherlock Holmes's main weapon in solving crimes
夏洛克·福爾摩斯破案的主要武器
isn't his magnifying glass, it's logic.
不是他的放大鏡，而是邏輯
Logic based on very close observation of data
邏輯以仔細觀察得出的數據為基礎
and deductions drawn from this data.
推理來源于數據
What it reminds you of, of course, is scientific procedure.
它讓你聯想到科學程序
It's a world in which you have theory tested by evidence.
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