By edited by M.Minderhoud – own work based on PD map, Public Domain, Link He and Papa were in command of the troops at the Andaman Islands, so they were thrown a great deal together.[The Sign of Four] 안다만 제도는 자라와족과 센티널족을 포함한 여러 토착 부족으로 구성된 원주민 집단인 안다만족의 고향이다. 일부 섬은 허가받아 방문할 […]
[카테고리:] 6. 장편소설
열등감에 시달리는 왓슨의 자조 섞인 고백
What was I, an army surgeon with a weak leg and a weaker banking account, that I should dare to think of such things? She was a unit, a factor — nothing more.[The Sign of Four] 열등감에 시달리는 왓슨의 자조 섞인 고백이다. 메리 모스턴에게 반한 후 비루한 자신의 처지를 비관하는 상황이다. 나이도 얼추 삼십 대 […]
인간의 순교
“Let me recommend this book — one of the most remarkable ever penned. It is Winwood Reade’s Martyrdom of Man. I shall be back in an hour.”[The Sign of Four] 셜록이 홀로 조사를 하러 외출하면서 왓슨에게 권한 책이다. 윌리엄 윈우드 리드(1838-1875)는 영국의 역사가, 탐험가, 철학자였다. 그의 가장 유명한 저서인 『인간의 순교』(1872)는 “성운에서 국가로”라는 제목으로 요약되는 […]
여성 앞에서 쿨한 척 했던 홈즈
He smiled gently. “It is of the first importance,” he cried, “not to allow your judgment to be biased by personal qualities. A client is to me a mere unit, a factor in a problem. The emotional qualities are antagonistic to clear reasoning. I assure you that the most winning woman I ever knew was […]
홈즈의 추리력
저자: Isabelle Grosjean ZA – Self-published work by ZA, CC BY-SA 3.0, 링크 “He was a man of untidy habits — very untidy and careless. He was left with good prospects, but he threw away his chances, lived for some time in poverty with occasional short intervals of prosperity, and finally, taking to drink, he […]
Upon the Distinction between the Ashes of the Various Tobaccos
CC BY-SA 3.0, 링크 “Yes, I have been guilty of several monographs. They are all upon technical subjects. Here, for example, is one ‘Upon the Distinction between the Ashes of the Various Tobaccos.’ In it I enumerate a hundred and forty forms of cigar, cigarette, and pipe tobacco, with coloured plates illustrating the difference in […]
“단 하나의 비공식적인 컨설팅 탐정”
“The only unofficial detective?” I said, raising my eyebrows. “The only unofficial consulting detective,” he answered.[The Sign of the Four] 셜록 홈즈가 자기 직업을 정의하는 장면이다. “단 하나의 비공식적인 컨설팅 탐정”.
셜록의 약물 투입
Three times a day for many months I had witnessed this performance, but custom had not reconciled my mind to it.[The Sign of the Four] 셜록의 약물 투입이 하루에 세 번이나 있었다는 왓슨의 증언
엉킨 실타래
‘주홍색 연구’의 당초 제목이 바로 “엉킨 실타래 tangled skein”였다. 그 사건에서 흠즈는 이렇게 말한다. “무채색의 인생 실타래를 비집고 지나가는 살인의 주홍색 실이 있는데, 우리의 의무는 그것을 풀어서 고립시키면서. 낱낱이 추려내는 거야.”[주석 달린 셜록 홈즈 II/기어다니는 남자, 1078쪽] 각주의 내용이다. 멋진 멘트다. 내 인생에 주홍색 실은 어떤 것일까?
“morphine or cocaine?”
“Which is it to-day,” I asked, “morphine or cocaine?” He raised his eyes languidly from the old black-letter volume which he had opened. “It is cocaine,” he said, “a seven-per-cent solution. Would you care to try it?”[The Sign of Four] 홈즈는 두 가지 모두 즐기셨군.