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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If you wanted something, and this is still true in France today, it doesn't do any good to go to the local notable, like you did in the eighteenth century and say, "hey,monsieur,the little guy, it would be great if we had a school."

如果你想要什么东西,这在今天的法国仍然是事实,去当地的贵族那里绝无收获,就像是你在十八世纪的时候说,"嘿,小子,如果我有一所学校就再好不过了"

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and his name is the French word, full light so his Monsieur Lumir. the kind of thing ? you got it?

他的名字是一个法语词汇，意为正午,法语为Lumir先生，诸如此类,明白吗？

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