Sherlock Holmes

Japanese: シャーロック･ホームズ（英語表記）Sherlock Holmes

Holmes is an amateur detective who first appeared in the novel A Study in Scarlet (1887) by the British novelist A.C. Doyle. He lives in a lodging house on Baker Street in London with the narrator of the story, Dr. John H. Watson, and solves mysteries brought to him by ordinary people and difficult cases that the police cannot solve, with clear reasoning and quick action. This famous duo of detective Holmes and Dr. Watson also appears in the next novel, The Sign of Four (1890), but their reputation did not yet gain traction.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

イギリスの小説家A.C.ドイルが長編小説《緋色の研究》(1887)で初めて登場させた素人探偵で，この物語の語り手ジョン･H.ワトソン医師と共同で，ロンドンのベーカー街の下宿に住み，一般人が持ち込むなぞの事件や，警察が解決できなくて頼みに来る難事件を，明快な推理と機敏な行動力によって解決する。このホームズ探偵とワトソン医師の名コンビは，次の長編小説《四つの署名》(1890)でも登場するが，まだ評判は高まらなかった。

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