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This book is a masterpiece of literary history written by American scholar and literary critic John Macy, which took four years to complete. After its publication in the 1920s, it once became popular in Europe and the United States, and Macy became famous in the literary world. This book takes time as the main axis and uses story form to narrate from four parts: ancient literature, medieval literature, European literature before the 19th century, and 19th century and contemporary literature. It provides a detailed and in-depth description of the great writers, important literary works and their era backgrounds that have influenced the world for thousands of years. The author uses vivid and smooth writing to describe the history of literature in a poetic and picturesque way. This is a compendium of literary history that is very suitable for general readers to get started.