Arthur Conan Doyle,creator of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, wrote about Poe's influence on other crime writers: "Each may find some little development of his own, but his main art must trace back to those admirable stories of Monsieur Dupin,so wonderful in their masterful force, their reticence,their quick dramatic point."

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He played the part of Doctor Watson to Machiavelli's Sherlock Holmes.

他扮演的是华生医生,而福尔摩斯则是马基雅维利。

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He is the Doctor Moriarty to Socrates' Sherlock Holmes.

他是反派莫里亚蒂教授,如果苏格拉底是福尔摩斯的话。

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