1809年,美国历史上最杰出的总统之一,独立宣言的起草人托马斯·杰斐逊卸任,詹姆斯·麦迪逊接替了他的位置。就在这一年,一个婴儿在波士顿呱呱坠地,他就是后来影响了美国乃至世界文坛的天才作家一一爱伦坡。而对于推理小说而言,坡的地位,更是足以与杰斐逊在美国历史上的地位相提并论。 In 1809, Thomas Jefferson, one of the most prominent presidents in the history of the United States, stepped out of his position as the drafter of the Declaration of Independence. Just this year, a baby was born in Boston, and he was Allan Poe, a genius writer who later influenced the literary world in the United States and the world. For reasoning novels, the position of Slope is enough to compare with Jefferson’s status in the history of the United States.