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Phantom of the Opera
"The Phantom of the Opera" is a suspenseful love novel. The protagonist of the story, Eric, is a knowledgeable and spiritual composer who is gifted with a good singing voice and is also an excellent architect. However, he can only live like a ghost in the dark basement of the Paris Opera House wearing a mask. He never shows his true face to others because underneath the mask is an ugly face. His unfortunate life experience created a twisted personality that made him constantly enemies with other
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The Necklace: a Collection of Short Stories by Maupassant
This book selects 19 classic short stories by Maupassant, including his representative works "Ball of Suet", "The Necklace" and "My Uncle Jules".
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Letters from an Unknown Woman (Selected Novels by Zweig)
Two famous 80-year-old translators, Gao Fu and Han Yaocheng, have re-examined the previous translations and presented the essence of the original work; Xu Jinglei directed and starred in the movie of the same name; Meng Jinghui adapted and directed the play of the same name; a novel that made the Russian writer Gorky cry; this book contains some of Zweig's most representative short and medium stories The novel builds a complete text world belonging to Zweig for readers. It is not only full of pa
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Math Girl
"Math Girls" unfolds in the form of a novel, focusing on a group of young people exploring the beauty of mathematics. The content is from the shallower to the deeper, and the mathematics explanation part is very exquisite. It is called "the best elementary mathematics popular science book". The content covers sequence and mathematical models, Fibonacci sequence, convolution, harmonic numbers, Taylor expansion, Basel problem, split numbers, etc. It is very suitable for middle and high school stud
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Anne of Green Gables (Famous Translation Series)
"Anne of Green Gables" is the sweetest novel describing children's life, and it is also a spiritual book from which parents, teachers and children can gain insights. Canadian female writer Montgomery uses fresh, smooth, vivid and humorous writing to tell the story of the innocent, kind-hearted and life-loving heroine Little Anne, who lost her parents at an early age and was adopted at the age of twelve. However, she has a distinctive personality, is full of fantasy, and has self-respect and self
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Life Lending Room
"The Lending Room of Life" is a story full of love, hope and help. The librarian, who does not look very kind and friendly, often sits at the counter of the narrow library borrowing room, pricking balls of wool with needles, doing small handicrafts that look like wool felt. In fact, she is very good at listening to others telling their stories and confusions, and carefully recommends an unexpected book to each visitor. Those kind words and the words in the book are encouraging and changing the l
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All Quiet on the Western Front (Fruit Classic)
The young Paul Boymer, the fitter Garden, Miller who always carried his textbooks with him, the sober-minded Corporal Cropp, the coal digger Haile Weishus, the farmer Deterling, and Stanislaus Kaczynski were sent to the front after ten weeks of military training. In 1918, the last member of this class was killed on the front line. The record in the battle report of the army headquarters is only one sentence: There is no war on the Western Front.
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Temptation to Commit Suicide
"I still need to think about it." The baron said while playing with the knife. "It is true that this world is very dull, but your world will probably not be better, because you will not bring any happiness to people at all. I mean, if I leave this world, can I have a better life?" The baron cried and shouted, "I haven't thought about it carefully at all!" "Kill yourself quickly!" The ghost yelled with claws and teeth.
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Firefly Alley
From the age of 14 to 40, the friendship between two women is like the glimmer of fireflies, but it is enough to warm each other's life! When they were 14 years old, two girls with completely different personalities and family backgrounds met warmly in Firefly Alley. From then on, they were no longer alone in life. From the age of 14 to 40, they relied on each other and walked into the short and long road of life. They also experienced jealousy, anger, hurt, hatred, getting back together, partin
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Uncanny Valley (Detective Sherlock Holmes)
The male owner of Birlstone Manor was murdered and the wedding ring disappeared from his hand. Could it be that his wife teamed up with outsiders to murder him? Holmes penetrates the fog and traces a past event that happened in an uncanny valley twenty years ago...
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Red Bean Rice Cake Soup: a Table Story That Warms the Stomach and Heart
This book is a collection of Japanese essays and novels with the theme of food, including "Sukiyaki and Duck Dishes—Miscellaneous Thoughts of Western Food" and "Talk about Delicious Tofu" about Kitaoji Rashan's experience in appreciating food; "The Heart of Giving Up Drinking" and "The Heart of Giving Up Drinking" written by Dazai Osamu, a literary genius who loves and hates alcohol. "Memories of Wine"; the essay "Waiting for Dinner" written by the haiku master Shiki Masaoka who is seriously ill
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Flush
"Flush - The Biography of a Dog", as the name suggests, the protagonist of the novel is a dog named Flush. But this is a dog with a great background, and his owner is a legendary woman in the history of British literature. In a concise and humorous way, the author describes Elizabeth Barrett, the famous British poetess of the Victorian era, from the side: her character, her extraordinary love with the poet Browning, their secret marriage and then their elopement, and the happy married life they
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It's Summer Outside (Collection of Works by Kim Ae-Ran)
"It's Summer Outside" is Jin Ae-ran's fourth short story collection, which includes seven works in total. Most of the protagonists in the story are experiencing "loss", losing their children, losing their father, losing someone who can communicate with them in their native language... Jin Ae-ran seems to intentionally crush the pain of all kinds of losses and evenly distribute it between the lines, allowing the pain to hit the readers' hearts from time to time. In this book, the author still mai
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The Life of the Despised Matsuko
Kawajiri Sheng was enjoying college life in Tokyo. One day his father suddenly visited and informed him that his aunt Matsuko, who disappeared more than 30 years ago, had recently been murdered in Tokyo. Sheng, who was responsible for sorting out his aunt's belongings, began to investigate Songzi's life. From a middle school teacher to a fashionable girl, Songzi has been pursuing the thing called love all her life. She has been driven away by her family, abandoned by her lover, and humiliated by
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A Room of One's Own
This is a work that explores female consciousness and feminist thought. European women have had a low status since ancient times. In Woolf's era, prejudice against women and inequality in the status of men and women were gradually weakening. At the same time, she insists that there is still a long way to go to achieve true equality between men and women. Based on this, she put forward her own opinion: "If a woman wants to write novels, she must have money and a room of her own."
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Jiang Yi's Interpretation of Dreams: Three Novels by Hesse (Guomai Classics)
"Siddhartha": It is not the story of Buddha. It tells the life of a person, a life that millions of ordinary people will also experience. The high-spirited young man often thinks that he is the one chosen by fate. Leave the past behind, follow the stumbling steps, find the voice in your heart, chase fame and fortune, experience friendship, and taste love. The difference is that what Siddhartha pursues throughout his life is the harmony and unity of life. Although it seems grand, it is indeed an
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From the Depths
In 1895, the 41-year-old Wilde was already well-known in Britain and was in the limelight. Due to his relationship with his friend Percy, he was sued by Percy's father. While in prison, Wilde wrote this "Letter from the Abyss". The monologue-style text revealed his feelings for Percy, with hatred mixed with love and tenderness. The book also recorded the views of this spokesperson of aestheticism on beauty, art, and life. Five years later, Wilde died, and this book became his final masterpiece i
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Narrow Gate
We have to walk alone until we are gathered together in the presence of God. In "The Narrow Gate", Gide pushes the mystical experience in love to the extreme and tells us a pure, hot but infinitely bitter love tragedy: Jerome and his cousin Alyssa have been in love since childhood. When love sprouts, he and she love each other secretly, with all their innocence and enthusiasm, and they just want to become better people for each other. However, the more connected the minds are, the more separated
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Snow Country (Kawabata Yasunari)
"Snow Country" is the masterpiece of Kawabata Yasunari's novel. The beauty of nothingness, cleanliness and sadness depicted in it reaches the extreme, making people heart-thrilling and melancholy. The beautiful image descriptions in the works are integrated into the expression of the characters' emotions, often with a touch of sadness, expressing Kawabata Yasunari's thoughts on material sorrow. The story begins with a train heading to the snowy country. The dusk scene passing by outside the wind
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Selected Short Stories of O. Henry
O. Henry Manuscript Collection Commemorative Edition! Collection of all 30 representative works of the father of American short stories! Original color illustrations on the inner pages of "The Gift of the Magi", the new translation deeply restores O. Henry's humor and wisdom! Every little stupidity you've ever experienced can be cured by O. Henry! The book selects 30 O. Henry short stories, covering all his famous masterpieces in different creative periods - "The Gift of the Magi", "The Last Lea
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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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Thousands of Cranes
"A Thousand Cranes" is a classic novel written by Kawabata Yasunari. This book also contains "A Thousand Cranes" and the sequel "Ha Chidori". The father of the protagonist Mitani Kikuharu in "Thousand Cranes" is a famous tea ceremony master. This book explores love and human nature in depth, and is rich in cultural implications.
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Sadness and Sanity
In this collection of essays with rich themes and vast horizons, Joseph Brodsky begins with a deeply introspective look at his early experiences in Soviet Russia and his subsequent exile in the United States. Then, the author uses astonishing erudition to explore a series of broad and deep topics such as the relaxation and change of poetry, the nature of history, and the double dilemma of exiled poets. The tentacles of thinking extend from ancient times to the present, from the ancient Roman Emp
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Thousand Cranes (Guomai Classic)
Content introduction (within 10,000 words) "A Thousand Cranes" contains four classic novels by the world-famous writer Kawabata Yasunari, "A Thousand Cranes", "Cangha Plover", "Dancing Girl of Izu" and "Hot Spring Hotel". Among them, "One Thousand Cranes" was one of the three novels mentioned when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. It tells a story involving two generations. Mitani Kikuji's father is a famous tea ceremony master. Many years after his father's death, Kikuji and Ohta m
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Letters from an Unknown Woman: Selected Novels and Short Stories by S. Zweig (Illustrations from the Famous Translation Series)
S. Zweig was an Austrian writer. He entered the literary world as a poet. After the German fascists came to power, he went into exile in the United Kingdom and Brazil, and later committed suicide with his wife in Brazil. He wrote a lot of books in various genres throughout his life, and was especially good at biographies and novellas. He was known as the master of novellas. Most of his works focus on psychological analysis. His representative works include the novel "The Anxiety of the Soul", th
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Forrest Gump
"Madmen have their own taste for madmen, which is not enough for outsiders." This book is the original novel of the classic movie "Forrest Gump". Forrest Gump is a retard and idiot in the eyes of ordinary people, but his kind and simple nature, coupled with his extraordinary talent, made him a college football star, a Vietnam War hero, a world-class table tennis player, a wrestler, a chess master and a business tycoon. He was interviewed and decorated by two U. S. Presidents, visited China, and
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Nibelungenlied: German Folk Epic (Collection Edition)
This collection of German heroic epics was translated by the translator Mr. Cao Naiyun based on the Hohen Eames-Russberg edition. The first nineteen chapters tell the grand scenes and wonderful stories of the brave Prince Siegfried of the Netherlands proposing to Princess Kriemhilt of the Kingdom of Burgunten, and helping King Günter of the Kingdom of Burgunten marry Queen Brünhilt of Iceland. It also includes the discord and disputes, conspiracies and massacres of the royal family. Chapters 20
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Ooka Echizen
Ooka was loyal to the Prime Minister and guarded Echizen as an official, and the people called him Ooka Echizen for short. He is a virtuous minister in Japanese history. The common people have benefited from his kindness and will never forget it from generation to generation. They praise him as the name of the Tokugawa Shogunate. However, the first half of his life was actually filled with unbearable memories. As a young man, he was a bohemian and had a daughter with the tea house girl A Xiu, bu
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Old News Nihonbashi
This is an essay about urban memories by the female writer Hasegawa Shigure, based on her childhood experiences growing up in Meiji Nihonbashi Oil Town, with a preface by Mikami Yusugayoshi. The author is based on the neighborhood around Denma-machi Kyurao, describing the style of old shops such as Daimaru Kimono Shop and Rikyu Soba Shop, and recording the various little people in the neighborhood: the down-and-out Tokugawa samurai, low-level craftsmen, geishas and ordinary people in the city, i
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Tokugawa Mitsuhiro: the Life of Mr. Merry
During the Edo period, Tokugawa Mitsuhiro of the Mito clan lived in seclusion in Nishiyama. He called himself Mr. Merry. He cared about the people and the country and devoted himself to compiling the "History of Japan". In his life, he got along with his retainers and people, showing kindness and wisdom, such as caring about farming and helping the poor. However, the feudal veteran Muntao Fujii colluded with Yanagisawa Yoshiho and had evil intentions, which brought many crises to Mitsuaki and Mi
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Murder in the Clouds
On the Prometheus flight to Paris, Poirot was worried about airsickness. A beautiful girl was enamored of the handsome young man sitting opposite, a doctor was playing the flute, two archaeologists were discussing academic issues enthusiastically, and a countess was chatting with herself. Their love rivals exchanged false greetings... However, no one noticed that the elderly French woman in the second seat had been unknowingly taken away by a mysterious hand, and a poisonous needle that only app
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Journey to the Center of the Earth
A science fiction enlightenment book by Liu Cixin, author of "The Three-Body Problem"! Brand new translation, not a word has been deleted! Beautifully illustrated collector's edition! People who grew up reading Verne will always be curious about the world! A brand new translation, not a word has been deleted. Selected 8 illustrations from the first edition of "Journey to the Center of the Earth" in 1864. An ancient piece of parchment and a mysterious name hinted at a shocking secret: it turned o
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List Life
Britt-Marie is the most boring 63-year-old woman you can imagine, because she doesn't allow any disturbance in her life. Get up on time at 6 o'clock every day, have a meal at 12 o'clock, never go out after dark, and keep the sheets spotlessly clean, otherwise it is not a "civilized person's behavior." She has many, many lists, and even has a checklist to record them all to ensure that she and her husband have a safe life. But how can life be planned with a list? Her husband cheated on her, and h
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Lost Horizon (Gomai Classic)
"Lost Horizon" is the masterpiece of British writer James Hilton. It created "Shangri-La", a distant place that all travelers dream about. Because of this book, millions of readers around the world embarked on a journey to find Shangri-La. Both Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and President Roosevelt of the United States have never forgotten the wonderful plot of this novel. Opening "Lost Horizon" is like opening a dusty door in the heart. On the other side is the mundane and bustling li
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Godfather
In the United States in the 1940s, "Godfather" Vito Corleone (played by Marlon Brando) was the leader of the Corleone family of the Mafia. He led the family to engage in illegal activities, but at the same time he was also the patron saint of many weak civilians and was deeply loved by people. The conflict between the Corleone family and several other New York Mafia families intensified because they rejected the drug lord Soloso's drug deal requirements. On Christmas Eve, Soloso kidnapped Tom, t
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Grapes of Wrath
Without The Grapes of Wrath, there would be no The Kite Runner! ──Khaled Hosseini The classic work by Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. I don't know if it's heaven or hell, But there is our hope, and we must live... This is a touching legendary story. A sandstorm destroyed the Joad family's land and forced them to leave their home. They assembled a trailer out of scrap metal, piled all their belongings on it, and headed west along Route 66 to t
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Fall of Giants (All Three Volumes)
The first part of the century trilogy by the master of all-night novels Ken Follett, readers around the world read it in an average of three nights, and fought with the protagonist across the world! In the smoke of the world war, every life approaching death is growing enthusiastically - the Welsh miner boy, the American law student who has just lost his love, the impoverished Russian brother, the rich and handsome English earl, and the infatuated German agent... From the dusty and From the dang
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Fanny's Forest of Sorrow
Fanny, who experienced a family tragedy, tried to hide the pain in her heart through superficial calmness, but the true sadness did not go away. At this moment, in addition to slowly healing the scars caused by the family accident, she also has to face the same confused and depressed friends, the boy she longs for, and a long life that has hit rock bottom. But life is not static, and sunshine will shine in difficult life. By chance, Fanny, who was in trouble, met Karen, who had recently moved to
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Poirot's Christmas Story
Simeon Lee Sr. Had always been proud of his fortune in South Africa and the wealth of diamonds in the rough, not to mention his knack for seducing women. But when he reached his final years, the only way he thought of to entertain himself during his illness was to take the opportunity of Christmas to call his sons who had been scattered around to talk to them one by one. Of course, he didn't forget to mention amending his will – how fun it is to stir up suspicion among family members! On Christm
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The Tale of the Heike
"The Tale of the Heike" is a representative work of Japanese war stories. The work describes the collective struggle for power between the two great warriors of Japan, the Genji and the Heira clan, from 1156 to 1185, which ended with the complete destruction of the Heira clan.
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Jane Eyre (Chinese and Foreign Literary Classics Collection Series)
This is a realistic novel with strong romanticism. The novel mainly describes the love between Jane Eyre and Rochester. The protagonist Jane Eyre is a pure-hearted and thoughtful woman who lives at the bottom of society and suffers many hardships. But she has a stubborn character and the courage to pursue equality and happiness. With rich lyrical writing style and profound and delicate psychological description, the novel fascinatingly shows the ups and downs of the love experience of the hero a
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Reading List
After losing his beloved wife, Mukesh leads a quiet life in London. He goes shopping every Wednesday and goes to church. Apart from these things, he is always vaguely worried about his granddaughter Priya. The granddaughter likes to hide in her room and read books, and the two seem unable to really get close to each other. Alessa is a smart but anxious girl. During the summer, she worked at the local library. One day, Alessa found a crumpled piece of paper on the back of To Kill a Mockingbird, a
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Keigo Higashino: Streets of Dawn (2018 Version)
"Street of Dawn" is Keigo Higashino's groundbreaking classic novel. It has reached an astonishingly high level in terms of literary value and readability, and is ranked among Keigo Higashino's top ten masterpieces. "Street of Auroville" is not a mystery novel, but the suspense continues until the end of the book. It has sold more than 2 million copies in Japan, comparable to famous works such as "White Night Walk", "Secret" and "The Devotion of Suspect X". Keigo Higashino was very satisfied with
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The Tale of Genji (Three Volumes)
"The Tale of Genji" is a masterpiece of Japanese classical literature. It has had a huge impact on the development of Japanese literature. It is the peak of Japanese classical literature and opened the era of "mono-sorrow" in Japan. The novel takes Genji's life experience and love story as the main line, describes the style of Japan's Heian period, reveals the complexity of human nature and cruel court struggles, and reflects the palace life of the Heian period.
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Somerset Maugham's Works Collection (Set of 13 Volumes)
"The Moon and Sixpence" A stock exchange broker abandoned his wife and children and went to Paris to pursue his ideal of painting. After some bizarre encounters, the protagonist later left the civilized world and escaped to the isolated island of Tahiti, where he found the tranquility of his soul and an atmosphere suitable for his artistic temperament. "Carousel" Through a trio of stories, the readers are shown the chaos of human love and reason. "Christmas Holiday" At the age of twenty-three, C
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Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
"Gravity's Rainbow" is a classic work in postmodernist literature. It has a unique position in the history of 20th century world literature and has caused huge controversy. The plot of this masterpiece is complex, and the dream-like fantasy is full of confusing and intricate cross-relationships, various, weird and messy narratives, specious discussions, and descriptions of physics, rocket engineering, advanced mathematics, psychology, international politics, and abnormal sex. The background of t
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Born in the Storm
A companion volume to the book "How Steel Was Tempered". This is the second and last novel by writer Nikki Ostrovsky. The two works have the same theme, but the former reflects the living conditions of a generation of young people for more than ten years, while the latter describes the struggle scenes of young people within three or four months, creating a glorious group portrait of revolutionary youth.
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Little Princess
Sarah Crewe, who grew up in the family of a wealthy British young officer stationed in India, lived a wealthy life with ample food and clothing. When she was seven years old, she was sent to a girls' boarding school in London, England by her father. Due to her wealthy family, she enjoyed the privileged life of a "special student" and was like a "little princess." Because she is kind-hearted and caring, she is loved by most of her classmates. However, the hypocritical and snobbish principal Miss
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Little Women (Classic Translation)
In 1868, a publisher invited Louisa May Alcott to write a "book about girls." Based on her own life, Alcott tenderly described the life and growth of the four March sisters. This is the origin of "Little Women." The eldest sister, Meg, is a good wife and mother. After getting married, she takes care of her husband and children, and manages the family well; the second sister, Joe, is cheerful and open-minded, independent and self-respecting, and is keen on writing; the third sister, Beth, is intr
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Sea Of Oblivion
Childhood memories are often obscured by later events and become hazy, but these memories do not disappear. Years later, I returned to the Sea of Oblivion and my childhood memories came flooding back to me. In that memory, the nanny was a monster from another world, and the neighbor was a mysterious witch. In that memory, the ocean can be put into a bucket, and a person can know everything if he sinks in the ocean. During that memory, I met a witch friend, Letty. She looked three or four years
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