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영어 학습과 이야기의 흥미를 더하다
영어 고전을 통한 영어 원서 읽기로의 접근

이 책은 일반 대중이 영어 원서에 더욱더 수월하게 접근하기 위한 책으로 기획되었으며, 동시 출판되는 “영어 원서로 읽는 셜록 4 The Valley of Fear”의 영문판이다. 영어 학습에 있어서 가장 효과적인 방법의 하나가 영어 원서 읽기임은 널리 알려진 사실이다. 기존의 번역서를 거치지 않고 직접 원서를 읽음으로써 가질 수 있는 원작의 느낌과 감흥 또한 원서를 통해서만이 얻을 수 있는 것이다.

그런데도 영어 원서는 일부의 사람들만이 접근할 수 있는 어려운 책으로 간주하여 왔다. 이렇듯 어렵게 인식되는 영어 원서를 독자에게 더 가까이 가져오려고 한다. 일반 대중 또는 영어를 공부하는 학습자가 영어 원서를 읽는 데에 있어 가장 큰 걸림돌 중의 하나는 모르는 단어 또는 구를 일일이 사전 등을 참조하여 읽어 나가야 함에 있다. 이 책은 이 책의 독자가 기본적인 문법 지식과 평이한 단어 등에 대한 지식을 숙지하고 있다는 가정에서 출발한다. 이 책의 머리말에서 밝힌 바와 같이 이 책엔 영문 고전의 원본 텍스트가 수록되어 있다. 문장 해석에 중요한 숙어, 구 동사, 어려운 단어와 구 등을 선택하고 강조하였으며, 이들 단어와 구 등을 각 페이지 왼쪽에 단락별로 정의하고 설명하였다. 각 단어의 발음기호를 기재하여, 어휘력을 높이는 데 도움이 되게 했으며, 스토리 흐름을 이해하기 위한 영문 시놉시스를 책 말미에 추가하였다. 또한 유튜브 https://bit.ly/2Lcav3m에서 본문의 오디오북을 들을 수 있다.

편집자의 관점에서 일반 대중에게 어려울 것으로 판단되는 단어와 구 위주로 정의하고 설명했으나, 독자가 보기에 여전히 어려운 단어 등이 있을 수 있다고 생각한다. 이 책을 읽다가 막히는 부분은 사전과 번역서를 참조해 보시길 권해 드린다. 이 점 독자의 이해와 양해를 구한다.

왜 코난 도일의 셜록 홈즈인가?

흔히 영어 원서는 쉬운 책에서 시작하는 것이 좋다고 한다. 맞는 말이지만, 언제까지나 쉬운 책에서만 머물 수 없는 것 또한 사실이다. 반대로 너무 어려운 책은 더더욱이나 바람직하지 않다.
본인에게 적당히 어렵고 흥미로운 책을 고르는 것이 좋다고 생각하며, 코난 도일의 셜록 홈즈 이야기는 좋은 출발점이라고 생각한다.
코난 도일의 문체는 평이하고 간결한 편이라고 생각하며, 그의 스토리텔링은 널리 알려진 바와 같이 탁월하다. 만연체 문장으로 쓰인 흥미 없는 내용의 책보다는 당연히 나은 선택지이다.
또한, 셜록 홈즈 이야기의 번역서는 시중에 많이 나와 있어서, 이야기 줄거리에 이미 익숙하신 분들도 많이 계시리라 생각한다. 배경 지식을 가진 상태에서 읽는 원서는 더 수월하게 읽히기 마련이다.

영어 원서는 어렵거나 거리낄 대상이 아니다

영어 원서를 처음 접하시는 분은 편집자가 맨 처음 영어 원서를 손에 들었을 때와 같은 막연한 거리낌을 아마 가지실 수 있을 것이다.
영어 원서는 물론 읽기 쉬운 책이 아니다. 그러나 동시에 마냥 어렵거나 거리낄 대상도 아니다.
한 문장 한 문장 차근차근 읽어 나가신다면, 어느 순간 원서의 매력과 향취를 만끽하실 수 있으리라 믿는다.

The Valley of Fear

Part 1
1 The Warning .11
2 Sherlock Holmes Discourses .30
3 The Tragedy of Birlstone .47
4 Darkness .67
5 The People of the Drama .90
6 A Dawning Light .116
7 The Solution .143

Part 2
1 The Man .179
2 The Bodymaster .198
3 Lodge 341, Vermissa .232
4 The Valley of Fear .265
5 The Darkest Hour .287
6 Danger .314
7 The Trapping of Birdy Edwards .334
Epilogue .354

Synopsis of Valley of Fear .360

“I will go no further in this matter. It is too dangerous?he suspects me. ...” p. 18

“Douglas!” he stammered. “Birlstone! What’s this, Mr. Holmes? Man, it’s witchcraft! ...” p. 29

“Mr. Douglas’s dumb-bells,” said Ames.
“Dumb-bell?there’s only one. Where’s the other?” p. 88


Synopsis of Valley of Fear

Part 1
The Tragedy of Birlstone

1. The Warning
Holmes is looking at a letter sent to him by Fred Porlock. Porlock is the lieutenant of Holmes’s archenemy, Professor Moriarty.
Professor Moriarty is an innocent well-known scholar in appearance, but in reality, he is a genius criminal, who is the greatest schemer of all time, the organizer of every deviltry, and the controlling brain of the underworld, never leaving any proof against him.
Porlock is a weak link in the criminal network of Moriarty. He has given Holmes valuable inside information to help him.
The letter contains a cipher message with a name and a place, DOUGLAS and BIRLSTONE. The key to decipher it is missing, and Holmes presumes that the message is a reference to the words on the page of a book. Holmes expects that the second letter containing the key should arrive in a minute.
Billy, the page, comes to them with another letter of Porlock as Holmes predicted. But the letter disappointingly shows that Porlock has fallen under suspicion of Professor Moriarty, and he could not endanger himself by sending the key.
They have to conjecture the key, and they reach to the conclusion that the book is a large volume printed in double columns. The book also should be a very common book. Watson guesses it to be an almanac. They fail to decipher the message when they try the latest version of Whitaker’s Almanack, but they carry it off when they try the previous version.
Watson scrawls down the message on a paper as Holmes deciphers it. They realize that a danger is coming to a man named Douglas in Birlstone House.
At this moment, Inspector MacDonald of Scotland Yard comes into the room to get an advice from Holmes. He has had help from Holmes twice in his career.
MacDonald happens to notice the paper Watson has written on the table, and he astonishes for the contents of the paper. He tells them that Mr. Douglas, of Birlstone Manor House, indeed, was horribly murdered last night.


2. Mr. Sherlock Holmes Discourses
MacDonald wants to arrest this man, Porlock, who has sent the warning letter, but Holmes presumes that Professor Moriarty is behind Porlock.
To MacDonald, Professor Moriarty looks like a respected minister, but Holmes refers to the painting in Moriarty’s room, which is too expensive to buy within a professor’s salary. Holmes suspects that Moriarty is earning his great income in an illegal fashion.
MacDonald suggests them accompanying him to Birlstone.
Moving on the cab, MacDonald reads them the letter he received from the local officer, White Mason.
MacDonald relates to them that Mr. Douglas had a horrible injury in the head by a shotgun last night, and no arrest has been made yet. He also tells them that the case presents very perplexing and extraordinary features.


3. The Tragedy of Birlstone
Watson describes the events that occurred before they arrive on the scene by the light of knowledge which come to them afterward.

John Douglas and his wife took possession of the Manor House, which had been untenanted for some years. The house was surrounded by moats, and a drawbridge was the only way to the house.
Douglas was cheery and genial to all, and soon acquired great popularity among the villagers. He appeared to have made a fortune, which was believed to have been gained in the California gold fields.
His wife also was popular with those who had made her acquaintance. She met Douglas in London, he being at that time a widower.
Douglas had a close friend, Cecil James Barker, who was the frequent and welcome visitor at the house. Barker first met Douglas in America, and kept intimate terms with him ever since. There were two more persons that need to be mentioned, Ames, the butler and Mrs. Allen.
It was Barker who informed Sergeant Wilson, of the Sussex Constabulary that a terrible tragedy had occurred at the Manor House. On reaching the Manor House, the sergeant had found the drawbridge down, and the whole household in a state of wild confusion and alarm. At that moment, Dr. Wood came from the village to them. Barker, Sergeant Wilson, and Dr. Wood entered the study, followed by Ames.
The man lay dead on his back, and a shotgun with the barrel sawn off was on his chest. He was shot in the head at close range, so his face was unrecognizable. Barker said that he heard a muffled sound in his bedroom just half-past eleven. Barker witnessed the body of his friend, and heard Mrs. Douglas coming down. He rushed out of the room to prevent her from seeing the dreadful sight.
It seemed the criminal had run away through the open window and waded across the moat, as a smudge of blood like the mark of a boot-sole was on the wooden sill. The drawbridge was raised nearly six o’clock, and kept up all night until Barker lowered it. Accordingly, the intruder must have get into the house across the bridge before six, been in hiding, and attacked Douglas when he came into the study after eleven.
Sergeant Wilson found a card on the floor, which presumably left by the murderer. The initials V.V. and under it, the number 341 were rudely scrawled on it, which made no sense at all to them.
Dr. Wood discovered a hammer lying on the rug in front of the fireplace, but the hammer showed no sign of violence. The sergeant found the marks of muddy boots in the corner behind the window curtain, which indicated that the assassin was hiding behind the curtain waiting for his target.
Dr. Wood remarked a curious brown design on the dead man’s right arm, which was a triangle inside a circle. Barker and the butler confirmed that they had seen the mark on Douglas’s arm before.
The butler was astonished as he perceived that the wedding ring of Douglas had gone in a mystifying fashion.
Shaking his head, Sergeant Wilson was dumbfounded on this baffling and incomprehensible case.


차례


The Valley of Fear

Part 1
1 The Warning .11
2 Sherlock Holmes Discourses .30
3 The Tragedy of Birlstone .47
4 Darkness .67
5 The People of the Drama .90
6 A Dawning Light .116
7 The Solution .143

Part 2
1 The Man .179
2 The Bodymaster .198
3 Lodge 341, Vermissa .232
4 The Valley of Fear .265
5 The Darkest Hour .287
6 Danger .314
7 The Trapping of Birdy Edwards .334
Epilogue .354

Synopsis of Valley of Fear .360