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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 1 A Study in Scarlet”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.

A Study in Scarlet

Part 1
1 Mr. Sherlock Holmes 11
2 The Science of Deduction 29
3 The Lauriston Garden Mystery 51
4 What John Rance Had to Tell 75
5 Our Advertisement Brings a Visitor 91
6 Tobias Gregson Shows What He Can Do 106
7 Light in the Darkness 127

Part 2
1 On the Great Alkali Plain 151
2 The Flower of Utah 174
3 John Ferrier Talks with the Prophet 190
4 A Flight for Life 202
5 The Avenging Angels 223
6 A Continuation of the Reminiscences of John Watson, M.D. 244
7 The Conclusion 269

Synopsis of A Study in Scarlet 282

I should have fallen into the hands of the murderous Ghazis had it not been for the devotion and courage shown by Murray, my orderly, who threw me across the pack-horse, and succeeded in bringing me safely to the British lines. p. 12

"It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence. It biases the judgement." p. 56

"'Rache' is the German for 'revenge'; so don't lose your time looking for Miss Rachel."
With which Parthian shot he walked away, leaving the two rivals open mouthed behind him. p. 73


Synopsis of A Study in Scarlet

Part 1
Being a Reprint from the Reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D., Late of the Army Medical Department

1. Mr. Sherlock Holmes
Watson completes his medical study required to become a surgeon in the army, and he is attached to the regiment stationed in India, where the second Afghan war has broken out.
Watson participates in the fatal battle of Maiwand, and he gets a gunshot wound in his shoulder by a Jezail bullet. He almost gets captured by the Ghazis, the formidable Muslim soldiers, and escapes from the enemy with the help of his orderly, Murray.
Watson is transferred to the base hospital at Peshawar, and recovers his health there. But then again, he is struck down by enteric fever, and his life is at stake for months. When he becomes convalescent, the medical board determines to send him back to England.
Watson returns to England, and stays at a hotel in London. He soon suffers a financial difficulty, and decides to move to a less pretentious and less expensive domicile.
At the Criterion Bar, Watson happens to meet Stamford, who was a dresser under him, and invites him to lunch. As Watson tells him of his intention to move to another residence, Stamford mentions that a person named Sherlock Holmes has the same problem. Watson wants to meet him, so they head to the hospital where he is at work.
On their way to the hospital, Stamford talks about the eccentricity of Sherlock Holmes.
At the chemical laboratory of the hospital, Stamford introduces Watson to Sherlock Holmes, who is rejoicing over his discovery of a reagent that could be effective in a criminal investigation.
Holmes astonishes Watson, as he mentions at once that Watson has come from Afghanistan.
Stamford explains to Holmes why they have come. Holmes is delighted to be able to split the rent with Watson, and he says that he has found a suitable suite in Baker Street. They arrange their meeting at noon the next day.
On his way back to his hotel, Watson wonders how Holmes could have figured out that he had come from Afghanistan.


2. The Science of Deduction
Watson and Holmes visit No. 221B, Baker Street the next day. They strike a bargain upon the spot, and move in to their new abode.
Watson becomes interested in the peculiarities of Holmes’s lifestyle, and amazed by his knowledge within eccentric limits.
Watson also finds out that Holmes’s ignorance is as remarkable as his knowledge. He comes to know that Holmes does not know Thomas Carlyle or the Solar System. Holmes compares human brains to an empty attic for stocking things systematically.
Watson writes down Holmes’s knowledge and skill on a paper to figure out what he is driving at, but gives it up at the end.
Many nondescript individuals come to Holmes for his consultancy. Watson is curious about Holmes’s occupations.
One morning, Watson reads the article of a magazine on the table, which asserts the Science of Deduction and Analysis. Watson could not agree with the article, and considers it as nonsense. Watson learns from Holmes that the article was written by Holmes himself. Holmes reveals himself to be a consulting detective, and explains how he could have deduced that Watson had come from Afghanistan.
Watson gets irritated for Holmes’s cavalier style of conversation, when he notices a man walking down the other side of the street, looking at the numbers. Watson wonders what the man is looking for. Holmes says that the man is a retired sergeant of the Marines. Watson thinks that Holmes is just bragging and bluffing, because there is no way to certify his remarks.
The man on the street happens to be the messenger bearing a letter for Holmes, and he comes to the room to hand over the letter to Holmes.
Realizing that a chance has come to humiliate conceited Holmes, Watson asks the messenger what was his previous career, but he only discovers that Holmes’s deduction had been correct.


3. The Lauriston Garden Mystery
Holmes explains to Watson how he has reached the conclusion that the messenger is a retired sergeant of the Marines.
The letter to Holmes was sent from Gregson, a Scotland Yard detective, and Watson reads the letter to Holmes.
According to the letter, a man named Enoch J. Drebber from Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A was found dead in an empty house at Lauriston Garden by a constable on the beat during the night. There were marks of blood in the room, but no wound was found on the body. Gregson asks Holmes’s help to unravel the mystery of the Lauriston Garden.
Watson learns from Holmes that Gregson and Lestrade are the pick of Scotland Yard, quick and energetic, and they are rivalrous each other. Holmes offers Watson to come with him.
It is a foggy, cloudy morning, and they ride on to Number 3, Lauriston Garden.
Gregson hails Holmes and Watson with pleasure. Holmes asks Gregson whether he or Lestrade had come in a cab. Gregson’s answer is in the negative.
Watson is shocked by the grim, motionless figure in the room, his face showing horror and hatred. Detective Lestrade shows up and greets Holmes and Watson. He complains that he could not find any clue.
Holmes makes sure that there is no wound on the body pointing numerous blood marks in the room. He presumes that the blood marks belong to a second individual, probably the murderer. He sniffs the dead man’s lips, and glances at the soles of his patent leather boots.
A ring tinkles down and rolls across the floor when the body is carried away. Lestrade grabs it and exclaims that it is a woman’s wedding ring. Gregson comments that it complicates matters, while Holmes thinks it otherwise.
They come to know from a document in Drebber’s pocket that Drebber has a company named Stangerson, later revealed as his secretary, and that they were about to return to New York.
Holmes asks Gregson whether he has made any inquiries about Stangerson and Cleveland. Gregson says that he did it at once, and telegraphed to Cleveland this morning. But Holmes is not satisfied with the contents of Gregson’s telegraph.
Lestrade discovers blood-red letters, “RACHE”, written on the wall. Lestrade presumes that the letters were written by the murderer with his or her own blood, and that a woman named Rachel has something to do with it.
Holmes investigates the crime scene for minutes, and asks about the constable who found the body last night. Lestrade tells him that the name of the constable is John Rance, who is living at 46, Audley Court, Kennington Park Gate.
Before leaving the place, Holmes informs Lestrade and Gregson of a description of the criminal, and tells them that Drebber has been poisoned to death. Lastly, he further mentions that “RACHE” means revenge in German, not a woman’s name.