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The Great Gatsby (2018)
By chance, poor employee Nick breaks into the secret world of the spendthrift tycoon Gatsby. Nick is surprised to find that the only thing that binds Gatsby is the little green light on the other side of the river. In the flickering shadow of the light, lives his beloved old lover Daisy. Gatsby once lost Daisy due to poverty. In order to find love, he used all means to become a rich man and built a mansion, just to let his former lover come and sit for a while. However, the cold reality cannot t
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Notre Dame De Paris
"Notre Dame de Paris" is a novel written by French writer Victor Hugo. Claude, the vice-president of Notre Dame de Paris, has evil thoughts about the Gypsy girl Esmeralda and instructs the ugly bell ringer Quasimodo to kidnap her. Phoebus, the archer captain, rescues her; and wins her love. During their tryst, Claude assassinated Phoebus and framed the blame on the girl, causing her to be sentenced to death. Quasimodo rescued her and hid her in Notre Dame; she was finally kidnapped by Claude and
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The Earth Trilogy
The work of an American writer who won the Nobel Prize for writing about China, the masterpiece of Pearl Buck, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature and the Pulitzer Prize, a refined translation by famous writers! The book of destiny of a nation, The tortuous path of search for three generations. ★"The Earth": A generation thrives in the land and dissolves in the land. "Thinking of the land lying there waiting for him, with abundant spring rains, filled his heart with hope." ★"Sons": There is
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Tess of the D'urbervilles
Hardy's most outstanding work and one of the greatest works of English literature. The novel takes the encounter of the heroine Tess as the main line, describing the conflict between the beautiful poetic image and the surrounding gloomy reality, and vividly and concretely describes the disintegration of the small-scale peasant economy after capitalism invaded the British countryside at the end of the 19th century and the painful process of individual farmers heading towards poverty and bankruptc
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In the World
As one of the 13th series of our publisher's "Most Classic English Library", this book selects the classic work "In the World" by Gorky, a famous writer, poet, critic, political commentator and scholar in the former Soviet Union. The novel describes the life of the protagonist Alyosha (Golky's name in the novel) from 1871 to 1884. On the road of life, he went through many ups and downs and dealt with all kinds of people at the bottom of society, but he read a lot of books whenever he had the opp
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Shadow Stealer
Claire whose last name is unknown. This is your role in my life, the little girl of my childhood, transformed into a woman today, a childhood sweetheart memory, a wish that the God of Time did not grant. A thin little boy who is always bullied by his classmates becomes powerful because he has a special ability: he can "steal other people's shadows", so he can see other people's thoughts and hear the secrets in people's hearts that they don't want to say. He began to become a spiritual partner fo
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Lonely Novelist
If the dream ten years ago has not been extinguished, let it burn forever! The work of Ishida Irao, author of the "Ikebukuro West Exit Park" series that has been best-selling for 20 years across Japan and winner of the Naoki Prize. An incredibly tender and powerful novel. Dreams become sacred once they are acted upon. Novelist Qingtian Gengping lives with his son Xiaochi. Gengping has been unknown for ten years since his debut, and his works have never been reprinted. On the other hand, Gengping
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There Is a Tree in Brooklyn (Gomai Classic)
"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" is a semi-autobiographical novel written by American writer Betty Smith, first published in 1943. There are no weird and exciting plots in the book, but it touches people's hearts with plain and delicate experiences. It tells the story of the little girl Francie Nolan's growing up experience in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York in the early 20th century. She experienced family misfortune, discrimination from her classmates and social injustice while growing up. However,
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Breast Milk
"Brother's Milk" is the fourth of Patrick Melrose's five novels. The once wealthy and powerful Melrose family is in danger. Disillusioned prospects, childcare responsibilities, adultery, and suicide all threaten Patrick. He discovers that the burdens of motherhood are weighing on his wife, Mary, his mother has become a slave to a New Age foundation, and that his young son, Robert, knows far more than he does. But even as the family struggles with the lingering past, the emergence of a new genera
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Silmarillion
"The Silmarillion" is Tolkien's setting of the origin of the world of Middle-earth. It contains his ambition to create a creation epic for the English-speaking people. It was compiled and published posthumously by his youngest son Christopher Tolkien. Added a long article about Tolkien revealing his creative process. In the beginning there was Yuru, the "One God", whose name was called Ilúvatar in the world. Elves, the firstborn children of Yiru, love the stars forever and ever, and their beauty
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Return
"The Return" won the French Medici Novel Prize in 2006 and is an autobiographical novel. Due to the social environment, the protagonist fled from Romania to the United States, and returned after teaching and writing in the United States for 10 years. The book is divided into three parts: the first part is about life in the United States after running away. The second part is about the years of life before leaving, and it is also Manea's personal and family history. The third part is what I did i
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Girl Riding Wolf
Feo and her mother live in a log cabin in the Siberian snowfields. Her mother is a wolf tamer who teaches wolves how to restore their wild nature. She is even more obsessed with wolves and hopes to be as brave as the wolf and her mother. But one day, my mother was forcibly taken away by officers and soldiers, and her home was burned to rubble. Feo's world suddenly became shattered. In despair, she heard the fearless howling of the wolves. At that moment, she made up her mind to save her mother,
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Slaughterhouse 5
Everything in the story has happened, more or less. At least, the part about the war is pretty true. Billy was abducted by aliens, and he was ripped from the timeline. He went to bed an decrepit widower and woke up on his wedding day. He entered through the 1955 door and came out through the other door in 1941. He said that he saw his birth and death many times, saw himself getting rich and having many children and grandchildren, and also saw himself becoming a prisoner of war and experiencing t
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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Don't think that communication can save you from loneliness, and don't think that love can relieve loneliness. It's just the opposite. ——The essence of love is loneliness. "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" is the first novel of the author McCullers. It is also her most famous work and her most shocking masterpiece. Published when the author was 23 years old. It ranks 17th among the "Top 100 English Novels of the 20th Century" selected by American Modern Book Company. By changing the narrative persp
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Grandma's Apology Letter
Seven-year-old Elsa had a weird and crazy grandmother who would hide in snowdrifts to scare the neighbors, write down important things on the wall because the wall would never be lost, sneak out of the hospital in the middle of the night and take Elsa into the zoo, shoot salesmen with a paintball gun from the balcony, and basically do whatever she wanted. This grandmother who gets into trouble everywhere is Elsa's only friend and the superhero in her heart. No matter what the situation, grandma
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Death of a Civil Servant: Selected Novels and Novels by Chekhov
This book "The Death of a Civil Servant: Selected Novels and Novels by Chekhov" is a collection of novels written by Chekhov. "The Death of a Civil Servant (Selected Novels and Novels by Chekhov)" includes articles such as "The Thirst Sleep", "Rosier's Violin", "The Woman with the Puppy", "The Man in the Trap", "The Chameleon", "What's the Name of Horse", "Personal Cultivation", "The Fiancé and the Good Father", "The Death of the Civil Servant", "In Hometown", "Yao Neich", "Tolerance", "The Bish
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Blade
It is not easy to cross the edge of the knife, so wise men often say that the road to salvation is difficult. ——"Ghatto Upanishad" During a battle, young pilot Larry saw his friend die trying to save him. The death of his friend caused Larry to rethink the meaning of life. He left his fiancée, refused a decent job, and began to travel around the world, embarking on a path of pursuit... In the history of human literature, Maugham, the "story master", devoted all his thoughts on the meaning of lif
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When the Prayer Ends
"When the Prayer Ends" is a touching family masterpiece by the famous Japanese writer Higashino Keigo. It won the 48th Yoshikawa Eiji Literary Award in 2014 and ranked No. 1 On the bestseller list of Kinokuniya Bookstore in the first week after its release. A woman is killed in a tenement apartment and the renter disappears. There is no breath of life in the room, and living in it seems to be ready to meet death at any time. A wall calendar was found at the crime scene, with the names of the twe
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Writer's Notes
For almost fifty years, Maugham kept an intimate diary. In this diary, we see Maugham's unparalleled insight and the genesis and development of his extraordinary career as a writer. The years span from his time as a young medical student in London to his time as an experienced world traveler. "A Writer's Notebook" is funny, wise, and full of revelations. Undoubtedly, this is one of Maugham's most meaningful works and a must-read for his fans and anyone interested in the creative process. This bo
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Confessions of an Economic Hitman (Expanded Collector's Edition)
This is a confession that John Perkins persisted in completing despite being intimidated and bribed by secret intelligence agencies; this is a confession that the U. S. Department of Defense publicly denied and the mainstream media deliberately avoided, but it is still an unprecedented bestseller; this is a shocking crime report that stirred up the political, business and financial circles around the world. In the form of a documentary novel, John Perkins narrates his mysterious experience as th
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My Struggle (Six Volumes in Total)
Norwegian writer Carl Ove Knausgaard's six-volume autobiographical novel "Mein Kampf" has nothing to do with Hitler's ambitions. It is the author's autobiography of his growth and life for more than forty years. The themes of the six volumes are death, love, childhood, youth, dreams, and thinking. The book uses a flowing style to describe ordinary life, which is straightforward and frank, with "masochistic truth and triviality", and also shows touching sensitivity in the daily details. This book
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Heart
The novel "Heart" is a rare masterpiece among modern Japanese literary works, and it is still among the ten most popular works among Japanese middle school students. "I" met a "Mr." And later received a long letter from "Mr." ("Mr." Was no longer alive at the time). The letter told that "Mr." And his friend K fell in love with the landlord's beautiful only daughter when they were in college. "Sir" designed K to commit suicide, and he got his wish. But after marriage, she often suffered from cons
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Norse Gods
Norse mythology is an important origin of fantasy culture! Neil Gaiman, the master of fantasy literature and author of "American Gods", retells the glorious Norse mythology! Ragnarok has arrived, and the ancient gods are about to awaken. Where does Thor's hammer come from? Why did Odin, the father of the gods, lose an eye? What is the identity of Loki, who is both good and evil? In the two thousand years since its birth, it has gone through many interpretations, and the origin of Nordic mytholog
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Mysterious Island
"The Mysterious Island" is a novel written by Jules Verne. It tells the story of five Union prisoners who escaped from Richmond in a balloon during the American Civil War. They encountered a storm on the way and were thrown onto a desert island in the Pacific Ocean. On the small island, they united and helped each other, relying on their own wisdom and extraordinary perseverance to survive tenaciously and create a happy life. "Mysterious Island" celebrates human creativity and pioneering power t
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Fictional Set
This book is a representative collection of short stories by Borges, the Argentine poet, novelist, critic, and translator, and a master of Spanish literature. It includes two sixteen novels, "The Garden of Forking Paths" and "The Collection of Fictions." In 1944, Borges officially published these stories under the name "The Collection of Fictions." Borges named his iconic work directly after "fiction", which was also the final form of Borges' version of "The Garden of Forking Paths". "The Garden
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Dead Soul; Imperial Minister
"Dead Souls: The Imperial Envoy" is a collection of masterpieces by the Russian satirist Gogol. "Dead Souls" is "an epoch-making masterpiece in the Russian literary world". The novel describes a speculative liar - Chichikov, a sixth-class civil servant, who came up with a scheme of buying and selling short and plundering in order to get rich. He purchased dead serfs who had not been canceled from the serf list at a low price. He used immigration as an excuse to apply for unclaimed wasteland from
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Brothers Karamazov
"The Brothers Karamazov" is Dostoevsky's masterpiece. The story comes from a real patricide case and describes the contradictions and conflicts between two generations. The protagonist Karamazov has four sons: Dmitry, Ivan, Alyosha and the illegitimate son Smerdyakov. The old Karamazov, who was in his twilight years, did not change his greedy and lustful nature. He not only occupied the inheritance left by his wife to the children, but also became jealous of a romantic woman with his eldest son
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Kilimanjaro Snow
This book contains more than ten excellent short stories by Nobel Prize winner Hemingway, including "The Short and Happy Life Experience of Francis Macomber", "The Snows of Kilimanjaro", "A Clean and Bright Place", etc. The tough guy who hunts lions in Africa, the leopard on the snow-capped mountains... The concise narrative contains countless vicissitudes of life. Of all Hemingway's works, it was not his novels that made him famous, but these extraordinary short stories. These short stories are
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Around the World in Eighty Days
Liu Cixin, the author of "The Three-Body Problem", wrote a handwritten message and highly recommends it! New unabridged, beautifully illustrated collector's edition! People who grew up reading Verne will always be curious about the world! Attached are 8 original illustrations from the first edition of "Around the World in Eighty Days" in 1872. A British gentleman with a very regular life and a very calm personality made a bet with his friends that he would travel around the world in eighty days.
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Journey to the Center of the Earth
"Journey to the Center of the Earth" is the masterpiece of science fiction writer Jules Verne. One day, Professor Lidenbrock from Hamburg, Germany, accidentally got a piece of ancient parchment. From the mysterious symbols on the paper, he discovered a secret that had been hidden for three hundred years: someone had traveled to the center of the earth. He immediately prepared the food, instruments and tools needed for the journey and set off with his young nephew. Professor Lidenbrock hired guid
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Siddhartha
Everyone who truly finds himself is called "Siddhartha"! A masterpiece by Nobel laureate Hesse. Siddhartha, a young man in ancient India, had everything, but his easy life did not make him happy. In order to seek the meaning of his existence, he embarked on the path of spiritual practice alone. On the way, he experienced the temptation of lust and the troubles of fame and fortune, but could not escape. In despair, he came to the river and planned to end his life, but then he heard a voice from h
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Death in Midsummer
"Death in Midsummer" is a collection of short stories written by the author in the 1940s and 1950s. It contains 11 short stories in total. "Death in Midsummer" was created in 1952. It was conceived by the author based on a true story he heard in Kanaihama, Izu. It depicts the joys and sorrows of lovers, life and death, and is a tear-jerking novel. "Tobacco" is his famous masterpiece and was recommended by Kawabata Yasunari. The work depicts the social, political, cultural and other realities of
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Dublins
"Dublins" is James Joyce's prestigious short story collection, which can be regarded as the most famous short story collection in the entire West in the 20th century. Published in 1914, it is set in Dublin in the 1920s and 1930s. It captures a cross-section of the lives of the middle and lower class people, a group of people at a moment, and fifteen stories gathered together. It is like an impressionistic painting, with concise brushwork and scattered pieces. It emerges a desolate world, distant
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Thorn Bird
"The Thorn Birds" is a novel written by Australian contemporary writer Colleen McCullough. As soon as it came out, it jumped to the top of the New York Times bestseller list. It not only set a sales record in the United States, but also quickly spread to countries around the world. The work takes the love entanglement between the heroine Meggie and the priest Ralph as the main line, and describes the story of three generations of the Cleary family, spanning more than half a century. Ralph yearns
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Sound and Fury
[The representative work of American literary master William Faulkner] [Shakespeare: Life is like a fool's tale, full of sound and fury, but meaningless. Nobel Prize-winning writer's works: "The Sound and the Fury" This book is the author's most devoted and my favorite novel. It is a family tragedy of the Compson family, a declining landowner in the South. The novel tells the story of the family tragedy of the Compson family, a declining landowner in the South. American poet and novelist Conrad
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Uncanny Valley
The tragedy that happened in Birlstone involves two stories, one is Professor Moriarty, the criminal master who controls London, and the other is the United States, which is far away across the ocean, a place called the Uncanny Valley and the sound of death there. There is no doubt about Sherlock Holmes' talent, and his charm stems from the authenticity of his characters. This is the real reason why Sherlock Holmes' detective books have been best-selling for hundreds of years.
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Thiaoouba Prophecy
"The Thiaoouba Prophecy" is a ten-day trip that Frenchman Michel was invited to the ninth planet. It is very worth reading. This book reveals the earth's prehistoric civilization, karma, reincarnation, the origin of Christ, the origin of the yellow race, space travel, etc. Through Michel's experiences. More importantly, it points out that material technology without spiritual knowledge will lead people on the earth to inevitable global catastrophes. Science and technology must aid spiritual deve
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Subtle
★The most influential novelist in France today, "a new generation of French lovers who whisper in women's ears", David von Kinnos, is a masterpiece. ★Shortlisted for the four major literary awards in France, including the Prix Goncourt, Prix Femina, Prix Renaudeau and Prix Medici, and won ten literary awards in one fell swoop; it dominated the French Amazon book sales list for two years, achieving a million-dollar sales miracle. ★A delightful literary dessert like truffle chocolate, awakening yo
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A Room of Your Own
"A Room of One's Own" is one of Virginia Woolf's masterpieces. It was written based on the "Women and Novel" lecture she gave at two British universities in 1928 and published in 1929. The author's writing is delicate, funny and full of wisdom, and he puts forward a series of feminist viewpoints with his profound insight and unique literary style. She used "five hundred pounds and a room of her own" as a metaphor, pointing out that economic freedom is the prerequisite for women to be able to cre
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A Little Princess (English Original Version) a Little Princess
"A Little Princess" is a classic children's literature work by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It touches people's hearts with its warm and touching story and the image of the perseverant little princess. The novel tells the story of a little girl, Sarah, who went from being the darling of an aristocratic school to being a maid after her father went bankrupt. However, she always maintained her kindness and dignity, and finally experienced a turning point in her fate. The plot is full of ups and downs,
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Inconvenient Convenience Store
His last memory started at the train station. He woke up with only his pants and shirt on him. He never left the station again, and gradually he couldn't even remember his own name. Until one day, because he took back a stranger's wallet from a thief, he was dragged to work as a night shift clerk in his convenience store. This small store called "Always" has a shortage of Always products and insufficient staff. Community residents complained that it is an "inconvenient convenience store." He tur
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London's Last Bookstore
In 1939, Hitler's forces swept across Europe, and "World War II" was about to break out. The young girl Grace and her friend Viv came to the London they dreamed of. By some strange combination of circumstances, Grace became a clerk at Primrose Hill Bookstore. Not a fan of reading, she met the handsome pilot George and started her reading journey with "The Count of Monte Cristo" recommended by him. During the Blitz, devastating attacks nearly reduced London to rubble. Viv went to the battlefield
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Londoners: Days and Nights in the Big City
"Londoners are just the normal people you see." Like us, they seek and lose in big cities, pray and are confused in big cities, gain rewards in big cities, and are hurt by big cities. Writer Craig Taylor spent 5 years, day and night, traveling to every corner of London, selecting 85 ordinary people from more than 200 interviews. Among them are currency traders who have realized their professional ideals, lost and found office staff who are accustomed to all kinds of things in the world, plumbers
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Wolf Child Rain and Snow
This book is the first original novel by the famous Japanese animation director Mamoru Hosoda, adapted from his animated film "Wolf's Children Rain and Snow". "Wolf's Children Rain and Snow" is a work released by Mamoru Hosoda in 2012. It was well received when it was released in Japan and achieved a box office of 4 billion yen. The film won many awards including the Outstanding Animation Award at the 16th Japan Agency for Cultural Affairs Media Arts Festival, the Special Jury Award at the 34th
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Platinum Data
The murderer is actually myself? ! At 6:12 in the evening, math genius Tateshina Hayaki and his brother were killed in a seventh-floor room. The corridors and elevators of the entire building are equipped with surveillance cameras, and people are checking them 24 hours a day, but no suspicious people have been found. There are only two brothers and sisters Tateshina on the seventh floor. The access control on the floor was not damaged. The gun left at the scene belonged to NF13, who had committe
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Love Like a Bouquet: Novel
"Our journey so far has been extremely beautiful, and we only have one last step left." "Love Like a Bouquet" tells the story of two people who are most compatible in the world, who have spent five wonderful years in love, but only one step short of "pure love"... Mugi and Kinu met by chance because they missed the last train at Meidai-mae Station in Tokyo. During their five-year relationship with the same fate, they suffered from the pressure of life, and their growth trajectory gradually devia
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Monster Insect
[Edogawa Rampo-style suspense reasoning + eerie secret room + psychological thriller] Horrifying tragedies occurred one after another in Tokyo. Beautiful women disappeared mysteriously. When their bodies were found, they were in pieces. Only a "red scorpion" painted with blood was left at the scene. College student Mamoru Aikawa was involved in this deadly whirlpool due to an accidental eavesdropping in a restaurant, and witnessed the murder of popular actress Mayumi Harukawa in an abandoned hau
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The Yin Beast: the Invisible Man
When the mystery novelist Hankawa went to the Imperial Palace Museum in Ueno, he fell in love with the elegant Shizuko at first sight and kept writing to her. And Jingzi always replied to her letters one by one with the delicateness unique to women. One day Jingzi wrote to Hanchuan for help, saying that she was threatened by Oe Chunni. Soon, Shizuko's husband Oyamada also passed away mysteriously! Who is Dajiang Chunni? And who is the murderer of Jingzi's husband?
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Ulysses
Everyone should have a copy of Ulysses on their bookshelf! Ranked among the top 100 English novels of the 20th century! The pioneering work of stream-of-consciousness novels and a strange book in the history of human literature. Do you want to challenge it? The book has a total of 18 chapters, telling the story of what happened from 8 a. M. On June 16, 1904 to 2 a. M. The next day. Each chapter tells a story that takes place within an hour of the day. Each chapter has a unique narrative style, a
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Alice in Wonderland
[Classic Fantasy Fairy Tale / Growth Adventure for All Ages] In a bored afternoon, the little girl Alice encounters a white rabbit wearing a vest and carrying a pocket watch, who keeps saying that he will be late. Out of curiosity, he chases down the deep rabbit hole and falls into an underground wonderland that completely subverts the rules of reality. A sip of potion can shrink you to the size of a palm, a piece of cake can instantly grow into a nine-foot giant, your tears can form a pond, and
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