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Dazai Osamu's true masterpiece! "The most beautiful commemorative novel" in Osamu Dazai's heart! Recognized by millions of readers! Translator Yang Wei of the phenomenal translation "Human Disqualification" has dedicated his heart to the translation! The novel is set against the background of the chaos in post-war Japan. It unfolds through the first-person narration of Kazuko and the diary and suicide note of her brother Naoji. It depicts the setting sun-like life of the descendants of aristocrats with their social status declining day by day. It places the beauty of the future on the protagonist, shining a gleam of light amidst the decadence.

The 36 articles in this book discuss 31 classic writers and their works. It is the best introductory book into the world of classics. Here, Calvino opens up his eclectic and eclectic secret bookshelf to us and talks about his ideal book collection. With passion and wisdom, Calvino makes literary works present various charms in front of readers. Free of academic jargon and journalistic glibness, erudition rather than showmanship, and full of genuine passion for literature. Because of this, this book has moved thousands of readers around the world, whether they are reading it for the first time or re-reading it in a new way.

"The Complete Collection of Curiosities of the Universe" is the first time that all the fascinating stories about the universe told by Calvino since 1964 are collected in the same book. "The Complete Collection of Curiosities of the Universe" also plays an interesting role in making concepts that are difficult in modern science easy and visible, thereby establishing a literary genre that is closer to the myth of the origin of the universe than to science fiction. Calvino said that "The Complete Curiosities of the Universe" is not a science fiction story, that is to say, it is not a traditional science fiction story in the style of Jules Verne and H. G. Wells - although I appreciate it very much. Behind the cosmic curiosities lie more Leopardi, comic strips of Popeye, paintings of Samuel Beckett, Giordano Bruno, Lewis Carroll, poker aces, and sometimes engravings of Randelphi, Immanuel Kant, Borges, Granville.

How are masters developed? "When I think back to my childhood, there is no red or green in front of my eyes, just gray and yellow." This set the tone for Mr. Ji Xianlin's life in his boyhood. However, his life and study experience during this period had an extremely profound impact on him, which can be seen from the meticulousness of his memories, down to every plant, tree, brick and tile, as well as the sincerity of his feelings. Especially those who lost their parents at a young age, were dependent on others, and traveled around... These special experiences have had a lifelong impact and are worthy of every sensitive heart to appreciate. From the gray childhood life and early experiences described by Ji Xianlin, we can trace his life footsteps and show his soft and childlike side besides his academic image.

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"King Lear" is one of the "Complete Chinese Translation Classics by Xu Yuanchong" and one of Shakespeare's famous tragedies. The story told is familiar to readers: King Lear, as the king of Britain, likes to listen to sweet words, and uses this to judge the extent of his three daughters' love for him. As a result, he was deceived by the sweet words of the eldest daughter and the second daughter, and granted them territory and power. The younger daughter was not accepted by King Lear because she was not good at speaking out. Although she was loyal and filial in her heart, she was left out and married away. After King Lear was deceived and abused by his two daughters and had no place to stay, he finally distinguished between the loyal and the traitor. Unfortunately, the tragedy had already occurred.

"The Merchant of Venice" is Shakespeare's important early work and a highly satirical comedy. It was made around 1596-1597. The theme of the script is to praise benevolence, friendship and love. It also reflects the contradiction between the commercial bourgeoisie and the loan sharks in the early stage of capitalism, and expresses the author's humanistic thoughts on issues such as money, law and religion in bourgeois society. An important literary achievement of this play is the creation of the typical image of Shylock, a profit-seeking, ruthless loan shark.

"Twelfth Night" is a play written by the British playwright Shakespeare. It tells the story of Sebastian and Viola, a twin brother and sister who unfortunately died during a sea voyage and fled to Illyria. After some interesting twists and turns, Viola and Orsino, Olivia and Sebastian both form a happy marriage. With a lyrical style and romantic comedy form, this work once again eulogizes the beautiful humanistic ideals of love and friendship, and expresses the beauty of life and love.

Can we change our destiny? French national writer Schmitt uses four imaginative and strange stories to try to answer this mysterious problem of life. Each story has an unexpected ending. In a small French town, a woman who poisoned her three husbands refused to plead guilty. But facing the handsome priest, she decided to confess everything to God. When the moment of atonement comes, can she cross that threshold? On the sea, a crew member with four daughters got the news: "Your daughter is dead." He was in a dilemma - which daughter died? Which daughter did he wish was dead? Does he have the right to make such a choice? After an accident at a music summer camp, the perpetrator and the victim reversed the positions of good and evil in human nature. When the "Concerto in Memory of Angels" plays again, is it the devil or the angel who dies? Finally, there is the love affair between the President and the President's wife at the wrong time in the Elysee Palace - they love each other in front of others and kill each other in private. Which one is true? What changes may not be life itself, but the way you look at life...

"The Boy" is a very important novel by Dostoevsky in his later years. The novel takes as its main line the growth experience of Arkady Dolgoruky, a young man who is not deeply involved in the world and is deeply influenced by Rothschild's thoughts. It depicts the corrosion of the souls of the young generation in Russia by money worship in the 1870s when capitalism was developing rapidly.

"White Nights" is a collection of novellas by Dostoyevsky, the great Russian writer of the 19th century, which includes the famous stories "The Poor Man", "White Nights" and "The Gambler". "White Nights" describes the innocent girl Nastenka falling in love with a young tenant. The two agreed to meet on a bridge in Petersburg a year later, but the tenant did not show up. The protagonist "Dreamer" was deeply moved by the girl's affection and waited with her by the river for four consecutive nights until the tenant showed up.

Dostoyevsky's "Notes from an Underground" is a classic masterpiece with both profound thought and literary art. It is also the book that opens the door to his literary world. The work revolves around the heart of the "basement man", and the book is divided into two parts: the first part is a long monologue by the basement man, exploring philosophical issues such as free will, human irrationality, and historical irrationality. The second part is the story of the basement man tracing his past. This book can open the door to Dostoevsky's literature and is his literary masterpiece. It is also the beginning of five other novels. It covers all the artistic characteristics of Dostoevsky. Reading this book will help you fully experience the endless charm of literature.

A collection of Dostoevsky's early short stories and short stories, which describe the various aspects of the world of little people; it deeply explores the human nature of the human heart and the ultimate expression of various personalities; Wang Xiaobo wholeheartedly recommends "Nedochka", Mr. Rong Rude's classic translation, which includes exquisite illustrations. "Notes from the Underground" is a collection of short stories and short stories by the great Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky, including "Mr. Prohalchin", "The Landlady", "Nedo Chika", "Little Hero", "Trouble in the Manor" and "Notes from the Underground". "Mr. Prokharchin" and "The Landlady" are Doshi's earliest novellas. They respectively tell the life of a buffoon character, Mr. Prokharchin, and the story of a tenant who is obsessed with the landlady. They reflect Doshi's concern for the fate of little people. "Nedochka" is Doshi's first attempt at a full-length novel. Unfortunately, the story could not be completed. Even so, the tragic fate of the orphan girl Niedochka still moves countless readers. "Little Hero" tells the emotional twists and turns of a young man's first love affair, while "The Affair in the Manor" revolves around an anecdote about the reversal of master and servant identities at the farm inherited by Rostanev. In these two stories, the flattering, fickle, entangled and even self-destructive side of human nature is more clearly displayed to readers. "Notes from the Underground" is the most important novella in Doshi's middle period. Through the description of the "basement people" who want to do things that are not good for themselves, it vividly depicts people's complex, contradictory and even almost abnormal psychological states, which embodies all of Doshi's artistic features. Therefore, "Notes from the Underground" is also regarded as a sign that Doshi's thoughts and creations have entered a mature period, and it is the "general outline" of the five subsequent novels of Doshi.

Selected works by Nobel Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata, set in ten volumes.

This book is a collection of works by the well-known writer Kawabata Yasunari. It includes seven works: "The Dancing Girl of Izu", "Reunion", "Water Moon", "Beasts", "Flower Waltz", "Celebrity" and "Flowers Never Sleep". His works are widely known, with an ethereal style, traditional charm and great literary quality. Many famous domestic writers such as Mo Yan and Yu Hua greatly appreciate and love Kawabata Yasunari's writings. Among them, "The Dancing Girl of Izu" has a quiet and light tone, which contains a very profound taste of life. "I" briefly met and accompanied the dancing girl Kaoruko and her family, but had no choice but to separate. Fresh and beautiful, a beautiful Japanese-style first love...

The handsome Ye Zang comes from a wealthy family. He has seen the warmth and coldness of human nature since he was a child, and has to play a clown to seek recognition. After growing up, he was influenced by bad friends and suffered a blow from his wife. He felt guilty for his own incompetence and was completely disappointed in others. He drank drunkenly all day long until he was destroyed.

Shimamura is a freelancer studying Western ballet in Tokyo. He comes from a wealthy family. He went to Yuzawa Town three times to meet the geisha Komako. Yukio, the son of Komako's shamisen master, suffered from tuberculosis and returned to Yuzawa Town to recuperate accompanied by a woman named Ye Zi. He happened to be sitting opposite Shimamura where he went to meet Komako for the second time. The narrative of the novel begins here. Shimamura admired the snowy scenery at dusk through the fogged car window, but when he saw the bright eyes of the leaves reflected on the car window, he couldn't help but feel moved. Dao Cun not only admires Ju Zi's beauty and character, but at the same time secretly can't let go of the simple Ye Zi...

In the masterpiece "The Prince and the Pauper" by American writer Mark Twain, the British prince Edward Tudor and the pauper Tom Candy exchanged identities by mistake, and each experienced a wonderful and exciting adventure. The poor boy became a prince and became a king, gradually getting lost in countless glory and wealth; while the noble prince became a beggar, experienced the suffering of the people, and became the most merciful king after returning to the palace. The author uses rich imagination and humorous language to vividly show the huge difference between the court and the lower society. He also adds various tender moments into the disappointing reality, successfully highlighting the truth, goodness and beauty in the world.

"The Mingyan of Yushi", together with "Tongyan of Warning the World" and "Eternal Words of Awakening the World" are collectively called "Three Words". The book has forty volumes. Like "Tongyan" and "Hengyan", it is a novel in the Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties. The works have a wide range of themes and complex content, including condemnation of the ugliness of feudal bureaucracy and praise of the virtues of upright officials, praise of friendship and love, and condemnation of treachery and heartless behavior. Many works describe the lives of ordinary people. They can be said to depict the "strange things" and "various things" in the society at that time, reproducing everything in the streets of the Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties.

People who grew up reading Verne will always be curious about the world! Liu Cixin, the representative Chinese science fiction writer and author of "The Three-Body Problem", wrote a handwritten message and highly recommended it! Liu Cixin's science fiction enlightenment book! The brand new translation, without deleting a word, fully demonstrates the extraordinary charm of Verne! A selection of 8 illustrations from the first edition of "Journey to the Center of the Earth" in 1864, carefully redrawn to reproduce the original appearance of the first edition! Verne is one of the undisputed founders of the science fiction literary genre! In the history of human literature, Verne became an adventurous scientific prophet because of his extraordinary insight! He is the irreplaceable father of science fiction and a pioneer of surrealism! An ancient piece of parchment and a mysterious name hinted at a shocking secret: it turned out that someone really had traveled to the center of the earth. This greatly shocked Professor Lidenbrock. So he took his nephew and guide to the crater, and their adventure would begin here...

It's so beautiful that I want to cry. I really want to go to Kyoto after reading it. Chieko and Naeko are twin sisters. The elder sister Chieko was adopted by a wealthy brocade weaver in the ancient capital of Kyoto, while the younger sister stayed in the village where she was born. As a result, their fates became completely different. On the night of the Gion Festival, the two sisters unexpectedly reunited and learned the truth. However, in the end, they could not recognize each other due to their identities, and each returned to their own lives. A heart-warming story, the plot never strays from the scenery, festivals, and customs of Kyoto. Kawabata reconstructed the cultural Kyoto with beautiful language, which can be called the "hometown on paper" of the Japanese nation.

"Song of the Seasons" is a selection from Thoreau's diaries. This book is arranged in the order of the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter, and the flow of day and night of 365 days in a year, and selects the best chapters from Thoreau's diary manuscript. This is Thoreau's experience when he lived on the shores of Walden Pond in Concord in the 1840s and 1850s, making daily excursions and observing the scenery, scenery, and seasonal changes in nature. It not only includes his detailed records of everything in the world, but also his understanding of life, soul, and truth.

"Walden" uses clear thoughts and words to tell us the true meaning of life of "minimal material and abundant soul". Thoreau stayed away from the hustle and bustle and lived a minimalist life in Walden's poetic and beautiful scenery of the four seasons, constantly thinking about how to live closer to his own soul. He used words to set up a ruler of the real world, letting future generations know how deep the torrent of illusions and illusions is.

"Absalom! Absalom! "" Is Faulkner's ninth novel, published in 1936. This extremely epic novel is a work that he is very satisfied with. He also specially provided a chronology and character genealogy for the novel. The title of the novel is taken from the Bible and tells the story of a family from its rise to its decline before and after the Civil War - Sutburn brought a group of black slaves to Jefferson Town and built a plantation. He has a son, Charles, with his ex-wife of black descent, and a son, Henry, and a daughter, Judith, with his current wife. Judith became romantically involved with her half-brother Charles. In order to avoid scandal, Henry killed his half-brother, and the once-splendid manor quickly declined. Sutben, who returned from the war, tried to revitalize his family business, but ultimately failed and died under the knife of others. The novel fully displays the sufferings, joys and sorrows of several generations of people in the American South from the second half of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century, reflects the social and historical outlook at that time, and reveals the difficult situation and destiny of human beings.

There is a dormitory for international students on Pecan Street. Men and women with different skin colors and personalities live here, and they live in harmony. But recently, there have been a series of strange theft incidents, and what was lost were less valuable things, such as light bulbs, a girl's lipstick, a shoe, and the like. Mrs. Hubbard, the housekeeper, didn't pay much attention until someone had ink spilled on a girl's graduation thesis. She felt that there was hidden malice in the matter and she must take it seriously. Mrs. Hubbard asked Poirot to investigate. Poirot suggested "calling the police" in the dormitory. As soon as this was said, someone "surrendered" that night. However, the girls who surrendered died the next day and were clumsily disguised as suicides. The murder brought the police to Pecan Street, and more crazy murders followed. Is the cruel murderer really one of the inexperienced students?

"Othello" tells the story of Othello, the brave general of the Principality of Venice, who fell in love with Desdemona, the daughter of the senator. However, under the constant instigation of the insidious flag officer Iago, he strangled his wife to death out of jealousy. Later, when he learned the truth, he drew his sword and committed suicide.

This book is the most important work in Balzac's "Human Comedy: Scenes from Provincial Life". Balzac called this novel "one of the most outstanding drawings" in "Human Comedy". The novel describes the family conflicts between the Grandet couple, father and daughter, uncle and nephew, profoundly reveals the money relationship in bourgeois families, extensively unfolds the customs of the French provinces in the first half of the 19th century, and creates a typical artistic image of "Grandet", one of the four misers in the gallery of world literary figures. He was greedy, cunning, and stingy. Money was his belief. Watching gold alone was his hobby. Before he died, he did not forget to tell his daughter to go there and give an account. His family was extremely wealthy, but he had to personally distribute the bread for every meal and the candles he lit every day. His stinginess swelled and engulfed him whole. Grandet was portrayed extremely vividly, making him one of the most famous typical images in the history of world literature.

This book is the work of Emily Brontë, one of the Brontë sisters, a British female writer. The novel describes the story of Heathcliff, an abandoned gypsy boy who was adopted by the old owner of the mountain villa. Due to humiliation and failed love, he went out to get rich. When he came back, he took revenge on the landowner Linton and his children who married his girlfriend Catherine.

"On the Water" is a travelogue by Maupassant, which is more sincere, more intimate and more profound than the novel. The travel notes describe the scenery on the sea, record what he saw during the journey, and record his random thoughts: as big as the wise words to govern the country and bring peace to the world, as small as the gentle ripples of the sea water when the wind blows, and others such as the satire of the mediocre and the sympathy for the poor. Leo Tolstoy said in the preface to "The Collected Works of Maupassant" that "On the Water" is Maupassant's "best work".

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"Novel Lantern" contains sixteen short stories by Osamu Dazai. These works go against the stereotype of Osamu Dazai being full of decadence, guilt and self-denial, and present them as bright and warm as a lantern. Osamu Dazai always tried his best to create a happy atmosphere when he was in pain internally and exhausted physically. Osamu Dazai himself is a sad comedy. People think he is extremely selfish, but in fact, he always cares about the feelings of others. Maybe he thinks that as long as he brings gentleness to those around him, he can feel warmer too.

The young girl Skylark and her grandmother Sumire are not blood related, but they unexpectedly hit it off, and they are like friends with a deep friendship that transcends age. Grandma Pansy likes to observe birds. She likes to drink sweet coffee on the terrace and use telescopes to observe various birds near her home. The skylark was influenced and likes birds as much as her grandmother. One day, the grandfather and grandson accidentally discovered three small bird eggs. They regarded them as treasures and decided to hatch them. Skylark and Sumire took care of the eggs carefully, not daring to relax day and night. In the end, only one of the three eggs hatched into a small yellow bird, which was a cute little parrot. Skylark gently held it in his hand, and they gave it a nice name - Ribbon. Later, the ribbon gradually grew up and became more and more lively and cute. Skylark and Sumire loved it very much. Unexpectedly, one day, Sumire forgot to close the birdcage and the door when she was cleaning the room. The grown-up Ribbon spread its wings and flew away, leaving home and the kind-hearted grandfather and grandson. The story also unfolds...

The works of Yasunari Kawabata, the Nobel Prize winner in literature, perceive the life of art and capture the breath of writing. Mr. Kawabata's sensitivity may be unparalleled. "New Articles Reader" is a collection of serials titled "New Articles Lectures" published by Kawabata Yasunari in the magazine "Literary Exchanges" from February 1949 to November 1950. It is a collection of literary criticism by Kawabata Yasunari. Kawabata, who has been familiar with "The Tale of Genji" and "Pillow" since childhood, strongly advocates "living articles" based on his nostalgia. The book is divided into ten chapters, citing articles by Japanese and foreign writers such as Akutagawa Ryunosuke, Ishikawa Jun, Yono Koji, Izumi Kyoka, Nagai Karikaze, Yokomitsu Riichi, Shiga Naoya, Sato Haruo, Kikuchi Hiroshi, Tayama Hanabukuro, Flaubert and other Japanese and foreign writers. It breaks down the entries and analyzes the secrets of masterpieces in language that is easy for ordinary readers to understand. Together with Junichiro Tanizaki and Yukio Mishima's literary review "Article Reader" of the same name, it is the most famous writer's literary review in the history of modern Japanese literature. From it, we can get a glimpse of the author's theory of writers and writing concepts.

Mrs. Packington has been having a hard time recently and feels lonely, helpless, and desperate. However, her fate changes because of an advertisement in The Times: Are you happy? If not, please go to No. 17 Richmond Street, where Mr. Parker Pyne is willing to help you. Whether it's to save a broken marriage or solve a difficult murder case, nothing is too hard for Parker Pine, the most unconventional and fascinating private detective in history.

Raskolnikov, a poor college student, was tortured by depression and poverty and killed the cruel and greedy loan shark Ivanovna and his sister Lizaveta. After the murder, Raskolnikov could not get rid of the fear in his heart. He felt that all the good feelings he had had were wiped out. This was an inner punishment more severe than legal punishment...

[1v1, sweet and sweet article] Qingwan feels that her future life will be gloomy. Other people's systems are all kinds of ridiculous. Her system is simply indescribable. She has no choice but to rely on herself. Along the way, she beats the White Lotus heroine, cruelly tortures the scheming bitch, and by the way, captures a super good-looking villain and returns home. One day, I packed my luggage late in the morning and was about to run away from home to flirt with other boys. Who knew that I was caught by a certain man as soon as I stepped out of the house? Qing Wan was about to cry but had no tears: "Return the goods, I want to return the goods." A certain man narrowed his dark eyes and took her into his arms: "Wife, what did you say?" Seeing that the situation was wrong, Qing Wan was immediately frightened.

This book is based on "The Complete Works of Osamu Dazai" published by Japan's Chikuma Shobo in 1985, and includes 13 novels and essays by Osamu Dazai, including "Golden Landscape", "Women's Talk", "Eighty-Eight Nights", "Pretty Girl", "Yezakura and the Magic Flute". "Golden Scenery" depicts Dazai Osamu's respect for female beauty through the maid Qing's consistent consideration and comfort for the dandy young master. "The Song of Lazy" deeply reflects on the evil of laziness and writes the inspiring saying "If you don't work, you have no rights, and you will naturally lose your qualifications as a human being."

Dazai Osamu uses his suicide experience to analyze his true self to readers. When Osamu Dazai was twenty-one, he met a married woman in a Ginza cafe. Three days after living together, they took sleeping pills and committed suicide by drowning in Kamakura. As a result, Osamu Dazai was rescued, but the 18-year-old woman died. Osamu Dazai was therefore charged with "assisting suicide". Although he was later found not to be prosecuted, he created "Clown's Flower" based on his guilty conscience of leaving a woman to die alone after making an appointment to die in love. The protagonist Ye Zang Oba in "The Clown Flower" has the same name as the protagonist in "The Unfit". It describes Ye Zang's failure to die for love and then enters a nursing home. However, unlike the Ye Zang in "The Unfit" who has low self-esteem, cowardice, and decadence, the Ye Zang in "The Clown Flower" is young, impulsive and proud. In this work, the author analyzes the mental journey of the protagonist Oba Yezo, who appears to be passive and decadent but actually seeks to survive in a desperate situation in his future pinnacle work "Disqualification in the World", and also reveals many secrets about writing.

The accurate name of this volume should be "The history of European civilization outside Italy from around 1300 to 1564, including the religious history of Italy, as well as the civilizations of Islam and Judaism in Europe, Africa, and West Asia." The Renaissance and the Reformation were the two sources of hostility between intellectuality and morality in modern life. Some people would be grateful to the Renaissance for liberating people's minds and beautifying life, while others would be grateful to the Reformation for inspiring religious beliefs and moral awareness. The Renaissance indeed inherited the mainstream of European spiritual development, and later led to the Enlightenment; but the Reformation deviated from the norm, rejected reason, and reaffirmed medieval beliefs. The lesson provided by the war is that any religion must survive in competition, and it will not become tolerant if it does not face challenges to appear supreme. The gift of the Reformation was to provide this kind of competition of faith, to make each religion strive to strive, to remind them of their tolerance, and to bring the desire and experiment of freedom to our fragile hearts.

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"Suiyuan Food List" is a collection of classical Chinese essays written by Yuan Mei, a poet and essayist of the Qing Dynasty. The book is divided into instructions list, warning list, seafood list, fresh food list, special animal list, miscellaneous animal list, feather menu, aquatic scaled menu, aquatic scaleless menu, miscellaneous vegetable menu, small menu, snack menu, rice and porridge menu and tea and wine menu, a total of fourteen menus, plus a preface. His work describes in detail more than 320 kinds of dishes, meals, teas and wines popular in the north and south during the Qing Dynasty. He also makes extremely incisive discussions on the selection, processing, cutting and cooking of the dishes, as well as the color, aroma, taste, shape and utensils of the dishes. It is called the "Food Classic" in Chinese history by gourmets at home and abroad.

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"It is better to be an unfortunate person who knows everything than to be a happy person and live a fool's life." Duke Myshkin, who was studying in Switzerland and suffering from epilepsy, suddenly returned to St. Petersburg one day. Unexpectedly, he was involved in a sinful transaction of money, power and sex. Those high-society dignitaries began to laugh at the Duke's naivety and gullibility, calling him an "idiot." And around the huge property left to him, blackmail, betrayal, and murder began to take turns in front of him... Russian literary giant Leo Tolstoy said: ""The Idiot" is a diamond. For those who know its value, it is as good as thousands of diamonds."