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Thomas Mann, the great German writer, is a masterpiece that shocked the world of literature and is a milestone in modern German novels! An encyclopedia reflecting European social life on the eve of World War I! The masterpiece of Nobel Prize winner Thomas Mann! The Guardian: Readers will find more pleasure in reading "The Magic Mountain" than its fearsome reputation. Bashu's translation of Weng Yang Wuneng's classic translation restores the most European version of "The Magic Mountain"! In the history of human literature, "The Magic Mountain", which took 12 years to create, profoundly reveals the contradiction between reason and desire, individual and society, and is a milestone in modern German novels. There are a group of "patients" living in the sanatorium of Magic Mountain: Prussian officers, Russian ladies, Dutch colonists, and Catholics. They sat in the sanatorium with nothing to do, eating all day long, quietly waiting for death to come. But a new patient unexpectedly broke the peace...

Krull was born into a wealthy businessman's family. Under the influence of his family, he was smart and talented since he was a child. As he grew older and was born with beauty, he became quite popular with women, and he was able to get along well in the upper class, like a fish in water. His father's bankruptcy and suicide caused the family's financial situation to plummet, which dealt a heavy blow to Krul. He began to give up on himself and become cynical. He fooled around in big cities such as Frankfurt, Paris and Lisbon, enjoying the life of the colorful world, and learned to interact with prostitutes. A female concubine, he used sweet words to defraud noble ladies of their jewelry and rich girls' bodies and minds. Not only did he degenerate himself, but he also went around to harm others, cheat and steal, and do all sorts of things, but in the end he ended up in jail and ruined his reputation.

"Your Majesty" is Thomas Mann's second novel. The plot of the novel is very simple, even seemingly popular: the protagonist Klaus Heinrich is the prince of a small principality in Germany at the turn of the last century. Because his brother, Archduke Albrecht II, is weak and has no interest in governing, he is appointed as the ruling prince and can use the title "Your Majesty". The simple and kind-hearted Klaus Heinrich liked this duty, that is, attending various events on behalf of the Archduke, but sometimes he felt vaguely lonely and empty, until he met and fell in love with Irma Spolman, the daughter of an American millionaire. In the process of pursuing Imma and being constantly rejected by her, Klaus Heinrich realizes his true nature: a hollow man who does not understand real life and feelings, lives in a fictional "world of appearances", and whose responsibilities and work have no real meaning. So he began to change himself, learned to understand the feelings of others, and began to study economics, hoping to do something practical for the country. His change also made Imma change her attitude towards him. At the end of the story, the two become engaged, and Imma's father agrees to provide money to solve the financial crisis of the small principality. In his later years, Thomas Mann called "Your Majesty" the turning point in his transition to democratic thought. Although true democracy in the modern sense has not yet appeared in this novel, it still explores the significance of the monarch in a modern country. The monarch represents and guides the people, and the people in turn influence and help the monarch make decisions. This romantic political view can be said to be the prototype of democracy.

The Nobel Prize in Literature, with its great spirit of human idealism, provides an eternal standard for world literature. It includes poetry, novels, prose, drama, philosophy, history and other different genres. Masterpieces of different styles are full of brilliance and unique characteristics, comprehensively showing the overall situation of world literature in the 20th century. Kipling, Maeterlinck, Rabindranath Tagore, Franz, Wolfgang, Yeats, Gide... All exciting names; "Niels Goose", "The Blue Bird", "Gitanjali", "The Forsytes", "Six Characters in Search of the Author", "The Counterfeiter", "Babbit"... Each of the splendid masterpieces, vast and vast, all rivers and rivers return to the sea, are all gathered in this collection of works by Nobel Prize winners. Brand-new translations, real award-winning inside stories, and detailed and vivid introductions of writers and works not only show the creative trajectory of the writer, the style and characteristics of the works, but also reveal the inherent laws of literature.

This book is the most heart-wrenching and shocking masterpiece of the great German writer Thomas Mann in his later years. The protagonist of the novel is the fictional composer Adrian Leverkuhn, a young man with musical talent and a bright future. However, he is not satisfied with the status quo and pursues "truly great success", so he made a deal with the devil in exchange for 24 years of musical inspiration and creativity; during this period, his soul was owned by the devil, and he was not allowed to love. However, just as his art was rising, the environment around him Crisis of moral degradation continued to appear, and he himself began to violate the prohibition against loving others; people began to die around him, his acquaintances committed suicide, and his gay boyfriend was shot dead by a married woman... Adrian was so distraught that he suddenly woke up and wanted to repent of his life. In the end, he collapsed physically and mentally, and was taken back to his hometown by his mother. After ten years of madness, he died in 1940.

"The Buddenbrooks" is Germany's first elegant realist novel, and Thomas Mann won the Nobel Prize for Literature. In 1901, Mann became famous in the literary world for writing this debut novel, showing his prominence. By the time he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1929, the book had sold over a million copies. The Swedish Academy stated that the Nobel Prize was awarded to Mann mainly for this "great work", calling it "Germany's first elegant realistic novel". Four generations of the Buddenbrook family, more than 400 characters, and half a century of narrative time are condensed into more than 600 pages.

Hans Castorp, a college graduate and about to become an engineer, came to visit his cousin at the Mountain Villa Sanatorium. He originally planned to stay briefly for three weeks, but unexpectedly contracted lung disease! While staying in the sanatorium, he met all kinds of patients and became increasingly depressed under the influence of the "rules" on the mountain. He gradually forgets his ideals and career and indulges in confusing polemics and a painful obsession with a married Russian woman. After seven long years, he became accustomed to life in the mountains and even decided to settle here until his death. At this time, a thunder shook him awake...