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Narrow Gate (Guomai Classic)
Alyssa and Jerome are cousins since childhood. Alyssa often read poetry and literature with Jerome on the bench behind the garden, and the two spent a long but carefree childhood in the countryside of Normandy. Love gradually took root among several boys and girls of the same age. At first, they secretly fell in love with each other, each hiding their secrets and worries, just like all teenagers who are just starting to fall in love. When they are deeply in love, their spirits blend together a
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Narrow Gate
Are you constantly restraining yourself from the present for the future you are looking forward to? The person you love deeply is by your side, but you can only stay away; The happiness of the moment is within reach, but we choose to push it away; Life obviously has a lot of joy, but you can't enjoy it... The same is true for Alyssa in "The Narrow Gate". When the faith on which her heart depends for survival forces herself to restrain her true desires again and again, Alyssa finally struggles an
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Narrow Gate
This book is a classic novel by French writer André Gide, which describes a love story with a tragic ending. The protagonist has been in love with her cousin since she was a child. Although she also has the same feelings for the protagonist, she adheres to the self-restraint of the Puritans. She firmly believes that only in God can she find happiness, and she also fully hopes to bypass the earthly world with her lover and reunite with God. In a crazy religious mood, she even regards her own exis
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Irregulars
We always dream that one day we can get rid of all the constraints and do whatever we want, However, when unlimited freedom is in front of you, can you really be happy? When the wings of death passed by and he recovered from his serious illness, Michelle suddenly realized the joy of life. He began to re-examine all established concepts and pursue instinctive feelings. Indulge the desires that have been suppressed for a long time and run wildly in the direction of freedom... How to pursue true fr
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Narrow Gate
Is there such a kind of love? Even if there is no hope, a person can keep it in his heart for a long time; even if life blows it every day, it can never be blown out... In "The Narrow Gate", Gide pushes the mystical experience of love to the extreme, telling us a love story that is pure and hot, but also contains boundless loneliness and infinite bitterness: Jérôme and his cousin Alyssa have been in love since childhood. When love sprouts, he and she love each other secretly, with all their inno
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Collection of Classic Works by Nobel Prize-Winning Writers (Set of 3 Volumes in Total)
This set includes three Nobel Prize-winning works by Rudolf Eucken, "Why Man Lives", Henri Bergson's "The Meaning of Life", and André Gide's "The Food of the World".
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Food for the World (Guomai Classic)
"The Food of the World" is a collection of prose works by French writer Gide. After Gide traveled to North Africa and Italy, he used the wanderings along the way as clues and the virtual goddess as the object of conversation to describe exotic customs and express his feelings about life. The writing was poetic and picturesque in various forms, including traditional short poems, odes, melody, etc. In the book, Gide calls with passion to measure the earth with his feet and express his true feeling
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Gide's Collected Works: the Narrow Gate + the Immoral + the Food of the World
"Collected Works of Gide" includes Gide's three masterpieces: "The Narrow Gate", "The Irregulars" and "The Food of the World". The Food of the World is a collection of essays by Gide. After Gide traveled to North Africa and Italy, he used his wanderings on the road as a clue and used a virtual goddess as the object of his confession to express his feelings about life. He wrote a series of poetic fragments that were combined with traditional short poems, odes, melody and other forms. Gide despise
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Human Food
"The Food of the World" is the representative work of Nobel Prize winner Gide. "Earthly Food" symbolizes the spiritual food for human beings to seek happiness on earth. When "The Food of the World" came out, it was misinterpreted as a book that praises desire and instinct, a feast of words that vents youthful passion and indulges in pleasure. "The Food of the World" is also a book that celebrates life and freedom. The author combines his travel experience in North Africa and Italy, and uses his
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The Counterfeiter (World Famous Translation Library Gide Collection)
"The Counterfeiter" is Gide's last novel. It is also a detective novel, a coming-of-age novel, an ethics novel, an adventure novel, and a psychological novel. Through the integration of multiple threads and clues, the social panorama of the time is presented. It describes several children who went astray and committed the crime of using counterfeit money, as well as a group of people who are good at self-deception and are accustomed to looking for reasons to deceive themselves and unconsciously
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Pastoral Symphony: Selected Novels and Short Stories by Gide
"Pastoral Symphony: Selected Novels and Short Stories by Gide" selected "The Narrow Gate", "Pastoral Symphony" and "The Immoral Man" are all Gide's masterpieces, collectively known as the "Gide Trilogy". The works are all tragic and contain the author's thoughts on the conflict between human nature and the world. Among them, "Pastoral Symphony" is considered to be the author's most autobiographical work. Gide's works were introduced to China very early and attracted the attention of readers incl
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The Food of the World (World Famous Translation Library Gide Collection)
It is a collection of two prose works by Gide: The Food of the World (1897) and The New Food (1935). Known as the "Bible of the restless generation", the author uses his wanderings in Africa as a clue and a virtual goddess as the object of his confide. He describes exotic customs and expresses his feelings about life. It is a manifesto for Gide to vent his youthful passion and pursue happiness. It is filled with a kind of primitive and instinctive impulse, recording the original state of impulse
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A Trip to the Congo (World Famous Translation Library Gide Collection)
"A Trip to the Congo" contains a number of travel notes, describing what the author saw and heard while traveling in the Congo, Turkey, Brittany, and Algeria. The writing is exquisite and will leave you with endless aftertaste after reading it. Among them, "A Journey to the Congo" was written in 1928, describing the beautiful and charming African scenery: vast rivers, dense forests, bright flowers, and various amazing natural wonders. He was also shocked by the atrocities committed by the coloni
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Give up Travel
Gide was a writer who truly "read thousands of books and traveled thousands of miles". "Abandoning Travel" is selected from his representative works of travel notes. In it, Gide severely criticized France's colonial policy and revealed the inevitable consequences of the colonial system. Gide's travel notes not only express personal feelings, but are also full of political enthusiasm and sincere humanitarian spirit, occupying a very important position in his entire creative career. "Translation H
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Ground Food (Hummingbird Collection)
"Food from the Earth" is a series of poetic fragments written by Gide in a lyrical way, combining traditional short poems, odes, melody and other forms after he traveled to North Africa and Italy. He senses the flowers and fruits of life with his fiery soul, and turns this sincere love into carols and poetry. This book can be described as Gide's most passionate spiritual monologue, and is regarded as "the Bible of a restless generation." Hummingbird Wencong has now joined China Publishing Group'
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Narrow Gate (Guomai Classic)
Alyssa and Jerome are cousins who have been sweethearts since childhood. Alyssa loved reading and often read poetry and literature with Jerome on the bench behind the garden. The two spent a long but carefree childhood in the countryside of Normandy. Love gradually took root among several boys and girls of the same age. At first, they secretly fell in love with each other, each hiding their secrets and worries, just like all teenagers who are just starting to fall in love. When they are deeply
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The Life of Sheng Cheng in Chinese Translation: the Counterfeit Coin Maker (Translation Series by Chinese Translators)
Maupassant spent his short life with a painful soul. The novel describes the heroine's pursuit of beautiful and pure love, shows the joys and sorrows of the world, and the worldly customs. It reflects on life, love, and the content of the novel. The conception and expression techniques all have aesthetic value. The translation by translator Sheng Chenghua is a classic. This book also contains "The Counterfeiter" translated by Sheng Chenghua.
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Legend of the Seven Heroes: the Light That Breaks the Darkness
The continent is called "Iseland", which lies between the endless wasteland and the arctic ice field. Since ancient times, it has been divided into seven realms by seven earth veins and divided into seven kingdoms. The three southern kingdoms include the Blood Kingdom, the Orange Kingdom, and the Sun Kingdom; the three central kingdoms are the Purple Gold Kingdom, the Prairie Kingdom, and the Blue Ling Kingdom; and there is only one country in the north, called the Ice Kingdom. The seven countri
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