Detective · Mystery · 1926
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
로저 애크로이드 살인 사건
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About the book
Wealthy Roger Ackroyd is found stabbed in his study in the village of King's Abbot. Retired Hercule Poirot, living nearby, investigates, with the local doctor as narrator.
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“I opened the front door with my latch-key, and purposely delayed a few moments in the hall, hanging up my hat and the light overcoat that I had deemed a wise precaution against the chill of an early autumn morning.”
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd · Agatha Christie
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The English original with a Korean translation, one sentence at a time. In the app you can pick from 21 languages.
Mrs. Ferrars died on the night of the 16th–17th September—a Thursday.
페라르 부인은 9월 16일 목요일 밤에서 17일 목요일 새벽 사이에 사망했습니다.
I was sent for at eight o’clock on the morning of Friday the 17th.
나는 17일 금요일 아침 8시에 불려갔습니다.
There was nothing to be done.
어쩔 수 없었다.
She had been dead some hours.
그녀는 이미 몇 시간 전에 죽었다.
It was just a few minutes after nine when I reached home once more.
내가 다시 집에 도착했을 때는 9시가 조금 넘은 시간이었다.
I opened the front door with my latch-key, and purposely delayed a few moments in the hall, hanging up my hat and the light overcoat that I had deemed a wise precaution against the chill of an early autumn morning.
나는 열쇠로 현관문을 열고 복도에서 일부러 잠시 머뭇거리며 이른 가을 아침의 쌀쌀함에 대비해 현명하다고 생각했던 모자와 얇은 외투를 걸어 두었습니다.
To tell the truth, I was considerably upset and worried.
사실 나는 상당히 불안하고 걱정스러웠습니다.
I am not going to pretend that at that moment I foresaw the events of the next few weeks.
나는 그 순간에 앞으로 몇 주 동안 일어날 일들을 예견했다고 가장하지는 않겠습니다.
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Book details
- Title
- The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (로저 애크로이드 살인 사건)
- Author
- Agatha Christie
- First published
- 1926
- Genre
- Detective, Mystery, Novel
- Original language
- English
- Translations in app
- 21 languages
- Price
- Free
