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"Jean-Christophe" is Romain Rolland's masterpiece and the most famous "long river novel" in the 20th century. This masterpiece reflects a series of contradictions and conflicts in real society through the protagonist's life experience, and promotes humanitarianism and heroism. The novel describes the protagonist's life of struggle, from the awakening of his musical talent as a child, to his contempt and resistance to the powerful in his youth, to his career pursuit and success as an adult, and finally to the lofty state of spiritual tranquility. Belgium's most famous printmaker, Frances Maiselere (who, like Kollwitz and Mayfield in Germany, was one of the most highly regarded printmakers in China's emerging woodcut movement advocated and launched by Lu Xun) created nearly 400 woodcut illustrations specifically for the novel. The perfect combination of text and illustrations has become a rare literary and artistic treasure throughout the twentieth century.
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