“My sweet little blue-eyed girl,” he said in a half-sung sigh that had nothing to do with her brown eyes
I think this is interesting because we know Connie's eyes are brown. I think Arnold does not really care about who Connie is. He just want to satisfy his desire for manipulation and possesion.
She put out her hand against the screen. She watched herself push thedoor slowly open as if she were safe back somewhere in the other door-way, watching this body and this head of long hair moving out into thesunlight where Arnold Friend waited.
I can't understand why Connie walked out the door the first time reading it.I was wondering except the reason that she wants to protect her family.Is there other reasons related to mental issues or something?
“You will say that I was puzzled; but, if you think so, you must have misunderstood the nature of the inductions. To use a sporting phrase, I had not {kk}been once{kk} ‘at fault.’
it's a interesting way to say argue
There is no back passage by which any one could have descended while the party proceeded up stairs.
It's quite interesting that it said no other ways the murderer(s) could take (escape). In addition, witnesses said it's about 3-5 minutes from hearing the vioces to breaking the door. How did the murderer(s) run away?
They seemed to be{r} screams of some person (or persons) in great agony — were loud and drawn out, not short and quick. Witness led the way up stairs. Upon reaching the first landing, heard two voices in loud and angry contention — the one a gruff voice, the other much shriller — a very strange voice. Could distinguish some words of the former, which was that of a Frenchman. Was positive that it was not a woman's voice. Could distinguish the words ‘sacré’{s} and ‘diable.’ The shrill voice was that of a foreigner. Could not be sure whether it was the voice of a man or of a woman.
It is interesting to read the description of the voice. I am imagining the “not like man or woman” voice in my mind when reading this part. I am still wandering how the voice could be.
Poe wrote his story hastily. The manuscript shows more changes than do most of his surviving manuscripts, which appear to be copies carefully made for the printer rather than working drafts.
I know nearly nothing about Poe so this description arouses my interest in the public impression of him: Is Poe the type of writer who is a bit worldly? otherwise, why does the manuscript look different from the others?
Had the routine of our life at this place been known to the world, we should have been regarded as madmen — although, perhaps, as madmen of a harmless nature. Our seclusion was perfect. We admitted no visitors.{s} Indeed the locality of our retirement had been carefully kept a secret from my own former associates; and it had been many years since Dupin had ceased to know or be known in Paris. We existed within ourselves alone.
I find this part interesting. Why should they have been regarded as madmen? Is it merely because their lifestyles? Or the fact that they are isolated from the city. I don't think only by these traits should one be regarded as madmen.
As the strong man exults in his physical ability, delighting in such exercises as call his muscles into action,(1) so glories the analyst in that moral activity which disentangles. He derives pleasure from even the most trivial occupations bringing his talent into play. He is fond of enigmas, of conundrums, of hieroglyphics; exhibiting in his solutions of each{b} a degree of acumen{c} which appears to the ordinary apprehension præternatural.
These are the traits I've seen on both Sherlock Holmes' novel and the BBC television series starring Benedict Cumberbatch.
Voltaire's Zadig
Edgar Allan Poe was deeply influenced by Voltaire (伏爾泰).
Voltaire was a prominent figure in the 18th-century French Enlightenment movement.
Hence, I anticipate the incorporation of elements from that era, especially the philosophical discussion and dialogue that challenge conventional social norms, as evident in Poe’s “The Murders in the Rue Morgue.”
An extraordinary burglary — attended by very singular circumstances, and perpetrated by a curious felon — occurred in this town on Monday night.
The idea of using an animal as a perpetrator is quite unusual, it details the chaotic encounter between the monkey and the residents, showcasing a blend of humor and absurdity that makes it particularly interesting.
He is fond of enigmas, of conundrums, of hieroglyphics; exhibiting in his solutions of each{b} a degree of acumen{c} which appears to the ordinary apprehension præternatural.
ok then that's why he can be a detective, I even have no idea about the wording here...literally looking up for the words all the time...
It is the ancestor of a vast number of works which have given much harmless pleasure to all sorts and conditions of men.
What works, for example?