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  1. All Writing Skills of Best-Selling Authors 155k Wordscompleted This is a unique guide to novel writing techniques, compiled from a series of "Novel Class" lectures given by Japanese mystery novelist Osawa Zaimasa. This lecture is aimed at twelve young writers selected from Japan, in the form of a "private school held by a master", aiming to teach the authors their creative experience and writing insights in their more than thirty years of writing career. This book condenses a year-long lecture into ten writing courses and four topic reviews. Osawa Zaichang 474Reads9.4Score255Shelves
  2. Brother Yingwu (Complete Collection of Mao Dun Literature Award-Winning Works) (2019 Edition) 717k Wordscompleted It took thirteen years to write, and the manuscript has more than 1 million words. It has been continuously deleted and revised to the current number of more than 600,000 words. The protagonist is a modern scholar who is well-read in poetry and literature. He sows clouds and rains in the contemporary tide of commercialization and achieves a miracle of commercial operation of culture. In the success of fashion, he feels the unknown fragmentation and contradiction in his heart. The novel is full o 474Reads9.4Score178Shelves
  3. Novel Class 112k Wordscompleted The book is a prose essay. A set of introductory general readings written by famous scholars for the general public to introduce domestic and foreign literary and cultural "masters" and their works. Telling the stories of writers and works helps the public understand and absorb the connotation and wisdom of ancient and modern Chinese and foreign literary achievements. This topic is in the form of prose and essays. The language strives to be simple and easy to understand, suitable for both refine 474Reads9.4Score189Shelves
  4. Classic of Mountains and Seas 155k Wordscompleted "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" is a strange book in ancient China. The author and the time of its completion are unknown. There are 18 chapters in the book, about 31,000 words. It records the names and geographical locations of more than 500 famous mountains, the names, origins and directions of rivers of more than 300 rivers, the names of more than 40 countries and the customs and customs of distant foreign peoples, more than 100 historical mythological figures, more than 100 species of me 474Reads9.3Score140Shelves
  5. Jin Yucheng's Work Collection 157k Wordscompleted "Fang Island" contains nine short stories, including "Bird in the Wind", "Fang Island", "Metaphor", "Desire", etc. The story is mainly based on the author's early life as an educated youth, and is mostly set in Northeastern farms or northern rural areas. By describing the stories of ordinary people struggling to survive in the cracks of the times, it shows the alternation and collision between individuals and the surrounding space in a harsh and complex environment. These works adhere to the aut 472Reads8.6Score127Shelves
  6. The Hobbit: the Complete Translation with Color Illustrations (Reprinted from the Original Edition, Field Research on Tolkien's Rare Manuscripts) 185k Wordscompleted "The Hobbit" is a world-renowned fantasy classic. This book tells the story of a hobbit named Bilbo. One day, the dwarves suddenly visited, breaking Bilbo's originally peaceful and comfortable life. Bilbo finally chose to join their adventuring team. On the way, he accidentally obtained a magic ring, and helped his companions defeat the evil dragon occupying the treasure and regain their castle. The entire expedition is full of thrills. They are helped by nobles such as the gray robe wizard Gand 471Reads9.4Score152Shelves
  7. Narrow Gate 67k Wordscompleted 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 471Reads9.1Score129Shelves
  8. The Complete Works of Lu Xun's Literature (Seven Volumes) 1.4M Wordscompleted The 1938 edition of "The Complete Works of Lu Xun" was edited and edited by the Lu Xun Memorial Committee chaired by Cai Yuanpei. The editorial members included Cai Yuanpei, Ma Yuzao, Shen Jianshi, Mao Dun, and Zhou Zuoren. This set of books collects the novels, essays, essays and some poems written by Lu Xun. The original manuscript for editing and editing is the "Complete Works of Lu Xun" compiled under the auspices of the "Mr. Lu Xun Memorial Committee" in 1938. During the editing process, th 471Reads9.5Score184Shelves
  9. Ancient Capital 102k Wordscompleted In 1968, Kawabata Yasunari won the Nobel Prize for Literature for his three masterpieces: "Snow Country", "Ancient Capital" and "Thousand Cranes". This book includes "Ancient Capital", as well as Kawabata's famous work "Izu Dancing Girl" and the early post-war masterpiece "Reunion". "Izu Dancing Girl" tells the story of a relationship that ended in vain. The whole story is filled with youthful poetry and lyricism, and has the reputation of "the world's best first love". "Ancient Capital" describ 471Reads9.4Score213Shelves
  10. Complete Collection of Liu Yong's Ci 23k Wordscompleted This collection of poems is part of the "Complete Song Ci". Ci began in Nanliang, formed in the Tang Dynasty, and reached its peak in the Song Dynasty. Tang poetry and Song poetry have always been regarded as two masterpieces, and they are both literary representatives of a major historical stage. According to statistics, there were more than 1,300 lyricists in the Song Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, and the total number of their works was nearly 20,000! From this number, we can imagine the grand 470Reads9.0ScoreShelves
  11. Be Independent First, Love Later 102k Wordscompleted This is a book of growth answers that empowers modern women. The author uses sharp writing and delicate writing to record the various problems faced by modern women: he has just suffered a breakup, but his work has given him a violent blow; he has been ambiguous for a long time and then turns around and embraces more girls; she works as a full-time housewife to take care of the family, but is regarded as a parasite by her husband... Now or in the future, you will face one or more of these proble 470Reads9.5Score158Shelves
  12. Love Life·sea Wolf (Classic Translation) 193k Wordscompleted "Love of Life. Sea Wolf" contains two classic novels by Jack London - "Love of Life" and "Sea Wolf", which complement each other. "Love Life" describes the story of a gold digger's struggle with hunger, cold, terror and death, explaining that in the cruel struggle between man and nature, the power to overcome despair lies in life itself. "Sea Wolf" describes the protagonist Van Weyden's experience of escaping from danger due to a shipwreck and being controlled by the seal hunting boat owner Sea 470Reads9.5ScoreShelves
  13. Wild History of Hundred Flowers 13k Wordscompleted "History of Hundred Flowers" is also called "Oiran of Hundred Flowers". The owner of Yixiao has no test in his life. This book now has an isolated copy in the collection of the Institute of Oriental Culture, University of Tokyo, Japan. Since most of them are taken from "Happy Enemies", they can be used as proofreading materials. This part of the text was copied from "Happy Enemies", and even the names of the people were not changed. Compared with other novels adapted from "Happy Enemies", this b 470Reads9.0ScoreShelves
  14. Introduction to "One Sentence Is Worth Ten Thousand Sentences" 34k Wordscompleted Introduction to "One Sentence is Worth Ten Thousand Sentences". The book is divided into two parts: "Records of Leaving Yanjin" and "Records of Returning to Yanjin". Most of the characters in the book are ordinary people at the lowest level in China. The upper part, "The Story of Leaving Yanjin," tells the story of a lonely and helpless farmer, Wu Moxi, who lost his only "speakable" adopted daughter on the road in the rural areas of Henan in the early twentieth century in order to find his wife 468Reads9.3Score104Shelves
  15. Complete Works of Strange People in the World 125k Wordscompleted This is a collection of short stories, the latest collection of Feng Jicai's "Strange People in the World" series. Tianjin Wei is originally a land and water dock, with residents from all over the place with very different personalities. In the past hundred years or so, China has been the first to bear the brunt of all major disasters, and various weird characters have emerged, not only to show off the upper class, but also among the people. Therefore, I started writing these random thoughts and 468Reads9.5Score124Shelves
  16. Huangdi Neijing (Original Version) 192k Wordscompleted The Huangdi Neijing is the earliest existing medical classic in China and the first of the four major classics of traditional Chinese medicine. It is divided into two parts, Suwen and Lingshu, with 81 chapters each, for a total of 162 chapters. The book is based on the Yellow Emperor's dialogue with Qi Bo and Lei Gong, and systematically constructs a complete theory of yin and yang and the five elements, viscera and meridians, causes and pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment principles, acupunct 468Reads8.3Score295Shelves
  17. Wenxin 131k Wordscompleted Knowledge is boring, stories are interesting. Integrating knowledge skillfully into interesting stories and acquiring a lot of knowledge while reading stories is undoubtedly the most ideal learning method. "Wenxin" is an example of this successful approach. Mr. Xia Chuzun and Mr. Ye Shengtao used 32 stories from "Wenxin" to explain "all the knowledge about Chinese language" based on their many years of teaching experience. They are approachable and entertaining, and have been praised by countles 467Reads9.4Score204Shelves
  18. The Twilight Saga 2: New Moon 256k Wordscompleted Edward left Bella to protect her. The sad Bella and the young and unruly werewolf Jacob are getting closer and closer. Bella struggles between her reluctance to let go of Edward and Jacob's meticulous care. At the same time, Edward mistakenly believes that Bella is dead and decides to take his own life. 467Reads9.3Score127Shelves
  19. Story Writing 82k Wordscompleted The author analyzes and explains classic stories in Chinese and foreign classic literature, film and television dramas, and movies, and then extracts the creative principles of good stories. It dismantles the ten major genres of novels such as detective, suspense, science fiction, emotion, and history one by one, carefully reads their style characteristics and story structure, analyzes representative works, and then clearly explains the key points of creation of each type of story. Practical ski 466Reads9.4Score225Shelves
  20. Demon 177k Wordscompleted [Look at Huang Ying after the Ancient Dragon] The Demon of the Great Fantasy Sky Legend On a dark and stormy night, Feng Qiwu entered a secret room and rescued his fiancée Tingting, who was abducted by the gang. On his way back, he was chased and seriously injured. Fortunately, his brother came to save him. Return home to heal, and Tingting will accompany you day and night. One night, he discovered that his brother had taken possession of Tingting after drinking. He left home with a broken heart 464Reads9.4ScoreShelves
  21. Love Yourself and Everything Is Free 112k Wordscompleted What kind of things you do, what kind of freedom you choose, and what kind of mentality and perseverance you use to face the hardships in life determine what kind of person you become and what kind of love and life you win. This book contains the best prose that best reflects Xiao Hong's writing talent, from which we can feel the short but wonderful life course of this female writer. Her heart is full of love and warmth, she has a persistent pursuit of life, and works hard for her dreams and you 463Reads9.4ScoreShelves
  22. Appreciative Dictionary of Twenty-Four Histories 1.3M Wordscompleted "Twenty-Four Histories Appreciation Dictionary" selects 326 articles from "Twenty-Four Histories". According to the chronological order of the "Twenty-Four Histories", it is divided into 6 major categories, and the beginning of each category is led by an "introduction"; 150 groups are formed according to the relevance of characters and events, and the beginning of each group is led by an "introduction"; each group contains one to four chapters, and each chapter consists of three parts: text sele 463Reads9.4ScoreShelves
  23. Complete Collection of Divine Images 33k Wordscompleted "The Complete Collection of Shen Xiang" is a masterpiece of traditional Chinese physiognomy. It was inscribed secretly by Chen Tuan in the Song Dynasty and revised by Yuan Zhongche in the Ming Dynasty. It brings together the essence of physiognomy in the past dynasties such as Mayi, Liuzhuang, Guigu, and Tang Ju. It is the most complete and widely circulated classic among the ancient physiognomy classics. The book is divided into three volumes: the first, middle and second volumes. With "Physics 463Reads8.4Score286Shelves
  24. A Complete Collection of Su Shi's Poems 149k Wordscompleted Su Shi's influence on Chinese thought, literature, art, and culture was extremely profound. His free and unrestrained attitude towards life has become a life example admired by future generations of literati; his extraordinary literary insights and immortal artistic creations have provided inexhaustible spiritual treasures for future generations. The poems included in "Su Shi's Poems Complete Collection" are more representative of Dongpo's poetry style, and most of them are his masterpieces hand 462Reads9.4Score148Shelves
  25. La Traviata 116k Wordscompleted For the first 25 days of the month, she wore white camellias; for the remaining 5 days, she wore red camellias. So everyone called her La Traviata; her name was Margaret, and she was a famous prostitute in Paris. Romantic women are often ruthless, but Margaret met the love of her life - Armand. In addition to the bizarre twists and turns of love, what is even more touching is that the author's delicate writing style allows us to read the emotions from every movement and every look of the protago 461Reads9.5Score137Shelves
  26. Mysterious Island 228k Wordscompleted "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 461Reads9.5Score104Shelves
  27. 50: Great Short Stories 430k Wordscompleted In addition to the representative works of the world's four major short story writers O. Henry, Chekhov, Maupassant, and Mark Twain, this book also includes Nobel Prize winners Rabindranath Tagore, Hemingway, and Faulkner, as well as the three great masters of Russian literature, Pushkin, Tolstoy, and Dostoevsky, as well as Italian The classic works of Woolf, who is famous for his intellectual creation, Edgar Allan Poe and Lovecraft, who are practitioners of horror aesthetics, as well as Hawthor 460Reads9.4Score241Shelves
  28. Righteous Song 5k Wordscompleted Wugu. Written by Wen Tianxiang. See Volume 14 of "The Complete Works of Mr. Wenshan". It was written in the prison of Yanjing (today's Beijing) in the 18th year of the Yuan Dynasty (1281) by Shizu of the Yuan Dynasty. The preface to the poem describes the seven foul smells of the dungeon, indicating that while in prison, he relied on "great righteousness" as his spiritual pillar to overcome the dangerous environment. The whole poem is divided into four sections. The first paragraph describes the 460Reads9.3Score103Shelves
  29. Xuan Ni's Gate Fu 1k Wordscompleted Chunyang Luzu. Both have double surnames. He also said that he was a Taoist. Also press return air. The meaning comes from the inside of the mouth. No. Cave guest. They are the guests in the cave. This guest word. This is what Ziyang Ancestor meant by sparing him for the sake of his master and me as his guest. The word rock person. According to the meaning of the third grade of medicine. Third grade person. That is nine mouths. These nine characters. That is to say, it is said in immortal books 459Reads8.5ScoreShelves
  30. Xu Mao and His Daughters (Complete Collection of Mao Dun Literature Award-Winning Works) (2019 Edition) 179k Wordscompleted "Xu Mao and His Daughters" describes the fate of Xu Mao's family, a farmer in Huluba, a remote mountain village in Sichuan, and reviews the twists and turns of rural life since cooperatization. In 1975, the "Fourth National People's Congress" was held, Comrade Deng Xiaoping presided over the work, and good news of rectification came from all fronts. 459Reads9.5Score150Shelves
  31. Complete Collection of Chinese Classics 336k Wordscompleted In the early years of the Republic of China, in order to break the cage, the May Fourth Movement held high the banner of democratic science and thoroughly criticized traditional culture; later, as Westernization deepened, we replaced the concurrent study of Chinese studies with Western subject classifications, and the excessive emphasis on science and technology severed traditional Chinese cultural concepts; to this day, some of us are keen on Western festivals, Western fast food, and the use of 459Reads9.5ScoreShelves
  32. Qian Mu's Works (New Edition) 320k Wordscompleted "History of Chinese Literature" This book is the lecture notes of "History of Chinese Literature" taught by the master of Chinese studies Mr. Qian Mu from 1955 to 1956. It was compiled by Qian Mu's disciple Ye Long based on the lecture notes of that year. The book has a total of 31 chapters, which systematically and completely covers the book of songs from the Book of Songs to the chapter novels of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, focusing on the main context and basic characteristics of the develop 458Reads9.2Score126Shelves
  33. Bless 112k Wordscompleted This volume includes "Blessings", "Only Collection", "Collection Outside Collection" and "Supplement to Collection Outside Collection". "Blessing" is a short story written by Lu Xun, a writer during the Republic of China. It was written on February 7, 1924. It was first published in the Shanghai "Oriental Magazine" bimonthly, Volume 21, No. 6, Published on March 25, 1924, and was later included in the novel collection "Wandering". The work tells the story of "I", an intellectual who left his hom 458Reads9.2Score125Shelves
  34. Book of Rites 122k Wordscompleted "Book of Rites", also known as "Book of Rites of Xiao Dai" and "Ji of Xiao Dai", was written in the Han Dynasty and compiled by Dai Shengsuo, a ritual scholar in the Western Han Dynasty. "Book of Rites" is an important anthology of ancient laws and regulations in China, with a total of 20 volumes and 49 chapters. The content of the book mainly describes the ritual system of the pre-Qin Dynasty, and embodies the pre-Qin Confucian philosophical thoughts (such as the view of heaven, the universe, a 457Reads8.7Score154Shelves
  35. A Comprehensive Guide to Famous Chinese Sayings 420k Wordscompleted This "Comprehensive Collection of Famous Quotations from Classical Chinese Studies" uses a subset of classics and history as the reference standard. It collects many famous quotes from classic Chinese studies and adds translations so that readers can have a quick overview of the classics and read them all at a glance in their spare time. People often say that they are full of poetry and calligraphy. If they can inadvertently utter a few profound Chinese wisdom in social gatherings, it will impre 457Reads9.5Score138Shelves
  36. 100 Best Modern Novels 377k Wordscompleted This book is a comprehensive review of 100 modern world-class literary masters such as Proust, Joyce, Faulkner, and Hemingway by Mr. Qiu Huadong, a famous contemporary writer and critic, with wise observation, precise thinking, and deep understanding. From the life course of the writer and the changes in social development, from the tradition of literature itself to the mutual stimulation of the currents of thought, it integrates text, life, personality, nationality, religion, politics, economy, 457Reads8.9ScoreShelves
  37. Black and White Road Novel Series (Three Volumes in Total) Mystery929k Wordscompleted The passionate police chief has gone through the snow, rain and frost of the turbulent years: the troubles of impure teams, the lack of work funds, and the harsh law enforcement environment. The high pressure of corrupt elements, the escalation of criminal crimes, and the challenges of evil forces... In order to uphold justice and maintain the dignity of the law, he faced the difficulties and found himself in a difficult and complicated struggle that ordinary people could not imagine. The real l 456Reads9.4ScoreShelves
  38. Old Things in the South of the City: Lin Haiyin's Classic (Collector's Edition) 118k Wordscompleted "Old Things in the South of the City" is Lin Haiying's classic work 30 years after entering the literary world. Lin Haiyin's achievements are not only reflected in her important role in laying the foundation for Taiwanese women's literature, but also in her huge influence on literature as a humanistic art. The value of a literary work is not only reflected in its plot conception and beautiful writing style, but also in whether it has a lasting artistic charm and spiritual vitality that transcend 455Reads9.0ScoreShelves
  39. Thrilling: New Bilingual Version in Chinese and English 357k Wordscompleted An independent, lovely and sincere girl; A boy who is as gorgeous as a rainbow but doesn't know how to love; A basket of eggs, a fig tree and a sparkle where eyes meet; About the little things about first love, the golden sunshine and the fresh and wonderful boyhood. 455Reads9.3Score159Shelves
  40. The Four Great Classics: Journey to the West, Water Margin, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and Dream of Red Mansions (Original Annotations from Guoxue. Com, Edited by Feng Qiyong and Others) 3.1M Wordscompleted The Four Great Classics, also known as the Four Great Novels, refer to the four classical Chinese chapter novels: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Journey to the West, Water Margin and Dream of Red Mansions. They are rare works in Chinese literature. These four works have endured for a long time and are rare works in Chinese literature. The stories and scenes in it have deeply affected Chinese people's ideas and value orientation. The four works have a very high artistic level, and their detailed 455Reads9.6ScoreShelves
  41. My Loneliness Is a Garden: Selected Poems of Adonis (New Edition) 51k Wordscompleted "My Loneliness is a Garden: Selected Poems of Adonis (New Edition)" is a selection and translation of seventeen poetry collections written by the translator in the nearly fifty years since the poet entered the poetry world. The poet Adonis is a rebel with a clear attitude, who fights against power and current customs with his indomitable stubbornness. His poetry is a window into the current situation of Arab society. He was saddened by the suffering suffered by his motherland, lamented that he w 455Reads9.3Score187Shelves
  42. Erya 15k Wordscompleted "Erya" is the ancestor of dictionaries. A relatively rich collection of ancient Chinese vocabulary. It is not only the ancestor of dictionaries, but also an ancient Chinese classic - Jing, one of the Thirteen Classics, and a core component of traditional Chinese culture. "Erya" is the first dictionary. "Er" means "near" (later written as ""), and "Ya" means "upright". Here it specifically refers to "elegant language", that is, standard language that conforms to standards in terms of pronunciatio 454Reads9.2Score182Shelves
  43. Shadowless Lamp 211k Wordscompleted A young lecturer at a famous medical school, Yusuke Naoe, is academically superb, but suddenly quits his job at the university to work in a little-known private hospital. Because of his cold face and unique personality, he attracted the attention of many women in the hospital. From colleagues to the dean's family and even patients, they all have ambiguous relationships with him... Is it his self-destruction, or is there something else hidden? As X-rays of bones are discovered one after another, 452Reads9.4Score110Shelves
  44. Laozi·zhuangzi (Complete Collection) 456k Wordscompleted "Laozi" has five thousand words, with simple words and profound artistic conception. It is known as "the most essential book of Taoism". "Zhuangzi" is a model of pre-Qin prose. Its writing style is unbridled and unconventional, and its arguments are mysterious, wonderful and magnificent. Read "Laozi" and feel the wisdom of "inaction"; read "Zhuangzi" and realize the aesthetics of freedom. Looking at the entire "Laozi", the five thousand words are all written in rhyme, with many parallels. It is 452Reads9.5Score126Shelves
  45. Human Wisdom in "Jin Ping Mei" 137k Wordscompleted This book reveals the rich wisdom of society, human nature and power struggle through an in-depth analysis of the Ming Dynasty novel "Jin Ping Mei". The book depicts how characters with different personalities make decisions in complex social environments, and how these decisions affect their destiny. Through the analysis of the personalities of major characters such as Wu Yueniang, Pan Jinlian, and Li Ping'er, the book explores the relationship between personality and decision-making errors, an 451Reads9.4ScoreShelves
  46. Xu Xiake's Travel Notes 652k Wordscompleted "Travel Notes of Xu Xiake" is a prose travel note written by Xu Xiake, a geographer of the Ming Dynasty. Xu Hongzu traveled for 34 years in the late Ming Dynasty and wrote 17 travel notes on famous mountains such as Tiantai Mountain, Yandang Mountain, Huangshan Mountain and Lushan Mountain, as well as " "Zhejiang Travel Diary", "Jiangyou Travel Diary", "Chu Travel Diary", "Guangdong Travel Diary", "Guizhou Travel Diary", "Dian Travel Diary" and other works. Except for those lost, there are more 451Reads9.2Score137Shelves
  47. Those Years with Run Run Shaw 61k Wordscompleted Chua Lam has had a guest-host relationship with "Shaw Brothers" for thirty years, and has known Run Run Shaw, whom he calls "Mr. Six," for a long time. Everything written in the book is based on personal experience, not gossip. The descriptions of the characters are more realistic and different from the generally touted biographies, making it a joyful read. Coupled with the author's vivid words, each article is full of images. It is like watching a documentary that I have never seen before, whic 450Reads9.3Score115Shelves
  48. Good Soldier Svejk 146k Wordscompleted "The Good Soldier Schweik" is a world-famous satirical novel, based on the author's own real war experience. The novel vividly satirizes the incompetence and stupidity of the officers, policemen and priests of the Austro-Hungarian Empire through the experience of Sveik, an "officially certified idiot", in the First World War. Since its publication, this work has continued to exert influence around the world. The image of Shuike created in this book is honest, honest, honest, humorous and clever. 450Reads9.4Score129Shelves
  49. Strange People in the World: New Edition 44k Wordscompleted Tianjin Wei is originally a land and water dock, with residents from all over the place with very different personalities. However, in the hometown of Yanzhao, the blood is strong; the water is salty, the soil is alkaline, and the wind is strong. In the past hundred years or so, China has been the first to bear the brunt of all major disasters, as a result of which all kinds of weird characters have emerged, not only to show off the upper class, but also among the people. Therefore, I started wr 449Reads9.4Score154Shelves
  50. The Moon and Sixpence (Somerset Maugham Collection) 159k Wordscompleted A broker from the British Stock Exchange already had a stable career, social status, and a happy family, but he became obsessed with painting. He felt like he was "possessed by the devil." He suddenly abandoned his home and went to Paris to pursue his ideal of painting. No one could understand his behavior. After some bizarre encounters, the protagonist finally leaves the civilized world and escapes to the isolated island of Tahiti. His soul finally found peace. Some people think that the protot 449Reads9.4Score151Shelves