Readers who didn't buy it were indignant, while readers who had already bought it started reading.

It can even be said that the readers who have bought it should account for the majority, after all, 200 million copies have been put into Dahua District alone, which is enough for most people to buy it, of course, this is a later story.

In short, this "Sherlock Holmes Complete Works (1): A Study of Blood Letters" has attracted many people just by virtue of the opening:

[In 1878, after receiving my M.D. from the University of London, I went to Netri to study compulsory courses in military medicine. Immediately after completing my course there, I was assigned to Northumberland 5th Musket Regiment as a medical assistant. This regiment was stationed in India at the time...]

The work begins with a first-person perspective of a veteran named Watson.

In 1878, Watson, who had been discharged from the army, was ready to find a house to recuperate, and then, after a friend's recommendation, he talked about Sherlock Holmes.

In the mouth of this friend, Sherlock Holmes was a very strange person: he took the plant alkaloid to his friend to taste, just to understand the different effects of the drug; He would beat the corpse with a stick, just to prove what kind of injuries people can cause when they die.

In short, this strange behavior alone has aroused the interest of many readers.

The rest of the plot is that Watson and Sherlock Holmes meet, and then the two happily agree to rent together, which is the future famous apartment at 221B Baker Street.

However, when Holmes made his first official appearance, he showed the demeanor of a top detective.

He only saw Watson for the first time, and then confidently said: "I can see that you have been to Afghanistan. ”

Both Watson and readers have also paid tribute to this debutant Mr. Holmes, because he is very successful in this 13 outfit.

Subsequently, readers became more and more interested in Sherlock Holmes, because his image was too three-dimensional and too full.

In Qin Chuan's book, he introduced Sherlock Holmes through the mouth of the peanut as follows:

[To be honest, Sherlock Holmes is not a difficult person to get along with. He is a quiet person and has a very regular lifestyle. It is rare to go to bed after 10 o'clock every night. In the morning, he always went out after breakfast before I got up. Sometimes, he spends the whole day in the laboratory or in the dissecting room; Occasionally, I walked far away, and the place I went seemed to be around the slums of the city of London. 】

[When he is happy to work, there is no one who can compare with his exuberant energy; But often the opposite momentum would come up, lying on the sofa in the living room all day, from morning to night, almost without saying a word, without moving. Whenever I was like this, I always saw that there was such a blank look in his eyes. If it weren't for his strict and restrained life, I would have suspected that he had an addiction to narcotics. 】

He was more than six feet tall, and his body was unusually thin, so that he was unusually long; Sharp eyes (except when he is dazed); The slender hooked nose makes his appearance particularly alert and decisive; The square and prominent jaw shows that he is a very persevering person. His hands were stained with ink and chemicals, but they were unusually skillful and careful. 】

In all Qin Chuan's previous reasoning, there was hardly a person who was introduced in such detail, and this time it was really an exception.

But after reading it, readers find that even by just reading the text, they can build such an image in their minds.

And what is even more interesting is what Watson and Sherlock Holmes found after living together for a while:

His intellectually weary side is as striking as his knowledge-rich side. He knew almost nothing about modern literature, philosophy, and politics. When I quote Thomas Carlyle's article, he stupidly asks me (1) who Carlisle really is and what he has done. What surprised me the most was that I stumbled upon him to understand the Copernican doctrine and the composition of the solar system. In the nineteenth century, it was incomprehensible to me that a knowledgeable person could not know the reason why the earth and the stars orbited the sun. 】

Especially when Watson lists the scope of Sherlock Holmes' knowledge in a serious way:

1. Literary knowledge – none.

2. Philosophical knowledge – none.

3. Knowledge of astronomy – none.

4. Knowledge of political science – shallow.

5. Botanical knowledge – not comprehensive, but very well known about phalfalfa preparations and opium. There is a general knowledge of poisons, but nothing is known about practical horticulture.

6. Geology knowledge – more practical, but also limited. But he could tell the difference at a glance. When he had returned from his walk, he had shown me the mud spots that had been splashed on his trousers, and could tell me where they had been splashed in London, depending on their colour and firmness.

7. Chemistry knowledge - profound.

8. Anatomical knowledge – accurate, but not systematic.

9. Thrilling literature – very extensive, he seems to know all the horrors that have taken place in the last century.

10. The violin plays very well.

11. Good at using sticks, but also good at swords and boxing.

12. He has sufficient practical knowledge of the legal aspects of Da Yu.

It is because of these strange and contradictory character introductions that readers have a full understanding of the image, character and abilities of Sherlock Holmes in their minds, as if he were an old friend who has known each other for a long time.

This is also the reason why Sherlock Holmes has become a classic character image on Earth.

On Earth.

The world may not have heard the name Conan Doyle, but he certainly heard the name Sherlock Holmes, even if the former created the latter.

Compared to other well-known detectives, Sherlock Holmes is unique, and this uniqueness is not because of his reasoning or the cases he has experienced.

But because of his unique image, personality and charm that has nowhere to put it:

He is a meticulous private detective and an English gentleman who is both rational and erudite.

He is proficient in all kinds of knowledge required for the detective business, including chemistry, psychology, anatomy, mathematics, foreign languages, etc. When solving cases, he often uses logical reasoning, and once he finds a suspicious point, he devotes himself to it, forgetting to sleep and eat until the truth of the case is revealed.

Not only is he level-headed, observant, and reasoning, but he is also highly skilled in martial arts, boxing, and violin.

In his spare time, he spent his time smoking a pipe in his apartment at 221B Baker Street, waiting for a client to come to his door or do a chemical experiment. Once he receives the case, he will immediately turn into a hound chasing his prey, and begin to lock on to the target, peeling back the whole incident and filtering it layer by layer, until the truth is finally revealed.

This is Sherlock Holmes!

Literary Network