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This book starts with the seven greatest British novels from the 19th to the 20th centuries, aiming to explore the seven major stages that life must pass through. Edward Mendelson, a professor in the Department of Comparative Literature at Columbia University, showed the real life corresponding to each novel, and presented the author's suppressed complex personality and true purpose through the works. Each chapter of this book has a dual theme: on the one hand, it is the interpretation of a literary work; on the other hand, it is also the interpretation of life. For example, Mendelsohn regarded the morals and emotions of childhood described in "Wuthering Heights" as a simple response to the adult world, and regarded "Mrs. Dalloway" as a portrayal of adult ideal love that is almost impossible to achieve. Mendelsohn's interpretation gives us a fascinating new feeling about these seven novels, and reminds us that after reading the last chapter of the book, "Intermission", it is the beginning of our thinking about personal life.