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But although Bucket is the first significant criminal investigation
虽然我认为巴克特是英国小说中第一位
in British fiction I think,
重要的侦探
you couldn't possibly claim the Bleak House is the first who done it
但是并不能说，荒凉山庄，是第一部寻凶小说
because the murder story in that novel it isn't central to it.
因为谋杀情节并不是小说的中心内容
It's just really background sensation material to other things
相对于其他作者更感兴趣的情节
that the author is more interested in doing.
它只是作为衬托的奇情素材
A novel in which the who done it mystery is central
真正把寻凶作为中心内容的小说
was one that was written by Dickens' friend
是由狄更斯的好友兼同行
and Professional associate Wilkie Collins.
威尔基·柯林斯编著的
It's The Moonstone which was published a decade and a half
书名为，月亮石,出版于1868年
after Bleak House and it was published in 1868.
比荒凉山庄晚十五年
I know that P.D. James who will be hearing from later
据我所知P·D·詹姆斯，我们后面会讲到他
regard it actually as the first who done it.
将它视为第一本寻凶小说
It's a novel that certainly has all the elements
这部小说当然包含了能跟这个流派
you'd associate with the genre.
联系上的所有要素
The crime takes place in a closed community.
罪案发生在一个封闭的环境
It takes place in a house that has been shut in for the night.
案发的房间在晚上已经关闭
There is a very limited circle of suspects.
嫌疑人限定在很小的范围
There are a lot of clues and false leads and multiple motives
很多线索和假线索，还有纷杂的作案动机
and suspicious behaviors.
和各种可疑行为
And there's an investigating policeman called Inspector Cuff
还有一位叫做卡夫探长的警察在进行调查
who is very closely modeled on Inspector Whicher.
他像是在极力的效仿威彻尔探长
But the only problem I think about the claim for The Moonstone
把月亮石作为首部侦探小说也有问题
to be the first detective book is that the crime isn't murder.
那就是所犯之罪并非谋杀
The crime in the moonstone is the theft of
月亮石中罪案是一件价值连城的
a fabulously valuable jewel
珠宝被盗
that has been brought back from India where was looted from a temple.
它从印度的一座寺庙劫掠，然后被带回
And so it is not the murder mystery that the moonstone pioneers.
所以说月亮石并不是神秘谋杀小说的鼻祖
Wilkie Collins who was a leading exponent.
威尔基·柯林斯是一位领军人物
He is very good at spotting market trends among readership
生活在19世纪，他善于通过读者
in the 19th century.
把握市场动态
He'd spotted I think the appetite for this kind of material.
我认为他发现了一种很受欢迎的素材
