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She is the illegitimate daughter of the Gu family in N City, and she is also a gloomy and cowardly idiot in the eyes of everyone. She is a peerless genius in the financial world, with no skills in the business. She is a descendant of an ancient miraculous doctor. She can revive dead people with golden needles and make flesh and blood from dead bones. A legend in the ancient martial arts world, a goddess in the entertainment industry, a master of Chinese martial arts... She is graceful and charming, but she is also vicious, alienated and indifferent! Her life experience is a mystery. When the identity is revealed layer by layer, let's see how she takes on the big responsibility and writes a prosperous life. In her previous life, she didn't understand people well and became an outcast of her family. After her rebirth, she was positive and positive. She was cool, beautiful, domineering, and extremely cool, repaying kindness and revenge. -- He is dignified, cold, talented and elegant, and is the number one person in the ancient martial arts world. He is the leader of China's mysterious organization, decisive and ruthless in killing. When scheming and indifference meet ruthlessness and ruthlessness - the show begins! **** "Miss, I see that your hall is dark, and a great disaster will befall you soon." "... I'm just here to tell you, that's my mommy, not yours. You'd better not appear in front of her. Otherwise, I want a person to disappear in this capital... It's easy!" A few days later, Gu Meiren stood in front of her with a smile, "I really don't like your family, but in this capital... I have the final say!" **** Quotations from Mr. Jiang 1. You are responsible for looking beautiful, and I am responsible for making money to support the family. 2. I like her, but I can't do it if she looks like her, or if I have the same temperament as her. It's not that she can't do it! 3. Don't bully her, I'm afraid I will... Ruin this prosperous world. **** [One-sentence copy: "The heroine's path to becoming a god after accidentally receiving a system after being reborn."] This article is also known as "Uncle Jiang can't be so motivated", "Miss Gu is conquering the world every day", "What to do if the host is always too stingy", 1v1 cruelty-free pampering article.

"Crime Under the Sun (Agatha Christie's Works)" edited by Agatha Christie tells the story of Mrs. Elena Marshall who is the most eye-catching guest at the Jolly Roger Hotel. Among her many admirers, she quickly became attached to the handsome Patrick Redfern. Mrs. Redfern was sad and angry, but Mr. Marshall remained calm. The show had just begun, but Elena disappeared until people found her beautiful body abandoned on the beach with no sunshine, leaving terrible handprints on her neck...

Senior police officer Luke encounters Miss Pinkerton from the countryside on his way to London by train. The old lady claimed that she was on her way to Scotland Yard to uncover the truth about several murders. Surprisingly, she died in a car accident shortly afterwards. Luke decided to pretend to be a writer and go to the countryside to find out. During subsequent investigations, he discovered that every case seemed to be somewhere between an "accident" and murder, and another old lady, Waynflete, seemed to hold some key information, but was reluctant to speak to Luke... At this moment, an "accident" happened again. Can Luke, who is in trouble, clear away the fog and restore the village to its previous peace?

Roger Brown is Norway's top headhunter, and 100% of the candidates he recommends will be hired by his clients. He uses the FBI's nine major investigative techniques when interviewing candidates, playing them into the palm of his hand and getting them to reveal everything on their own initiative. This skill also allowed Roger to engage in another unknown job-stealing and reselling famous paintings. This secret source of wealth helps him maintain a luxurious life, afford a historic mansion, and fund his beautiful wife's expensive gallery business. One night at a painting appreciation party held in the gallery, his wife introduced him to Claes Greve. Not only was he a perfect candidate to be the CEO of a top technology company, but he also happened to have a priceless Rubens painting that could help Rogge solve serious financial problems. However, when Rogge broke into Greve's apartment, he found not only the painting, but also the mobile phone that his wife had dropped under the bed in the bedroom... Meeting Greve was perhaps the most unlucky thing in Rogge's life. His interview tricks completely failed in front of Greve, and since he discovered that his wife had cheated on him, all kinds of bad things happened one after another...

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This book is a volume in "Everyone's Little Book·Translation Library", which contains "The Story of the Book" written by the Soviet writer Ilin. This book tells the evolution of books from ancient times to the present through interesting stories in the history of books. It is novel in form, rich in content, fluent and vivid in writing, and highly literary and readable. Readers can broaden their horizons, increase their knowledge and benefit a lot from this book. This book is Zhang Yunhe's only translation, which is extremely rare.

Hu Shi's diary is not only a record of his personal life, but also touches on all aspects of modern Chinese society. This book collects Hu Shi's diaries for the twelve years from when he left mainland China to before his death (1950-1962). Most of the selected contents reflect Hu Shi's views and research results in academic fields such as literature, history, philosophy, linguistics, etc. From which we can see his breadth of knowledge, rigorous scholarship, and scientific methods. Such content is of great research value and can be used as a reference.

On her wedding day, Lu Manman received a wedding dress designed for her by her first love boyfriend Xiao Mi, who had disappeared for nearly ten years. Xiao Mi fulfilled his promise to Lu Manman ten years ago. Lu Manman had always been in love with Xiao Mi in her heart. When she saw the wedding dress, she chose to run away from the wedding. How could her husband's family let her go so easily...

Four French performers experienced various chances and coincidences and came to Standard Island, an artificial island funded and built by American capitalists. The shell of this machine island is entirely made of steel. It has two million-horsepower propellers and can roam the Pacific Ocean at will. The center of the Machine Island is a completely modern city - Billion City. The city has all kinds of facilities and its residents are all wealthy Americans. They settled here in pursuit of a comfortable life. Four French performers were obsessed with this "paradise"-like machine island. However, the rivalry between the two major families on the island always shrouded the island in crisis. During this period, it was also attacked by Malay pirates. In the end, the machine island was besieged internally and externally, fell apart, and sank into the ocean.

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"Hesse Selections" includes five masterpieces from different periods by Hermann Hesse, winner of the 1946 Nobel Prize for Literature: "Under the Wheel", "Demian: The Wandering Boyhood", "Siddhartha", "Steppenwolf" and "Narcissus and Goldmund". These five important works span the long period from 1906 to 1930, and more comprehensively demonstrate the changes in Hesse's creative career: from the criticism of the rigid education system in "Under the Wheel" to the criticism of "Demian: The Wandering Boyhood" From the exploration of hesitation and confusion in youth, to the poetic pursuit of self-direction in "Siddhartha", to the crushing analysis of the human heart in "Steppenwolf", to the endless enthusiasm for one's unique destiny in "Narcissus and Goldmund". In these works, Hesse's search for self-realization is timeless.

Nobel Prize-winning writer Kawabata Yasunari's masterpiece that will never be forgotten by time, "A Distant Journey" is published for the first time in simplified Chinese. The eternally lonely literary traveler Kawabata Yasunari's extremely sincere emotional writing, using the master's delicate brushwork, reveals the complex and difficult emotional entanglements in the world - about love. When everyone is lost in the journey of life, and the journey is about to reach its end, will happiness be waiting for people? We walk alone throughout our lives. Seek love and be found by love.

He abandoned his studies, committed suicide many times, was addicted to drugs, owed debts, and was entangled with many women... Dazai Osamu's life was too "unbearable" in the eyes of ordinary people. However, many people like this "waste" writer. The reason why we like Dazai Osamu is precisely because these cowardice, shamelessness and contempt are always looming in our hearts. And this decadent writer who drank alcohol, abused drugs, and committed suicide, in his patient's ravings, just expressed our thoughts. In this society that is still indifferent and homogeneous, Dazai Osamu's dilemma is a reflection of the dilemma we face. Everyone who tries to maintain themselves and be loyal to themselves can feel the social alienation and helplessness that Dazai encountered. This book selects 36 classic works from Osamu Dazai's creative peak period (1935-1948), which fully demonstrates Osamu Dazai's anxiety when he faced the collapse of social order and the collapse of his moral system, as well as the entanglement and loss of his unwillingness to go with the world but his inability to change. It is a valuable choice for readers to "get into" Dazai Osamu.

The novel adopts a first-person narration method, taking the twists and turns of the love story between the aristocratic young officer Grinyov and the captain's daughter Maria as the main clue, closely combining Grinyov's personal destiny with the peasant uprising led by Pugachev. It contains rich historical pictures and social content in a small space. It depicts the characters of characters from various walks of life and reveals their psychological activities. "The Captain's Daughter", completed in 1836, is the first realistic work in the history of Russian literature that describes a peasant uprising.

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Open "Chasing the Lost Time" and return to the moment when the world suddenly became quiet! In the history of human literature, "In Search of Lost Time", the pioneer work of stream-of-consciousness novels, uses poetic and beautiful language to describe every heart-beating moment in our lives. Proust, the founder of stream-of-consciousness literature, opened a new stage of European literature in the 20th century with "In Search of Lost Time". Proust's ability to see through people's minds is unparalleled. I would rather read Proust and get bored than read other writers to relieve my boredom. --Maugham's classic translation by Zhou Kexi, the master of French translation, included in three volumes (the first volume, the second volume, and the fifth volume of the original book)! Comes with an original essence booklet and 18 original illustrations, allowing you to understand the beauty of "Chasing the Lost Time" in half an hour. It comes with a Paris story map from "In Search of Lost Time" to help readers enter the world in the text.

"In Search of Lost Time" is too long, you can start with "Refutation of Sainte-Beuve" - ​​the first book to understand Proust. Wang Daoqian's translation was published again after being out of print for many years. This book is neither an essay nor a novel, but a work of art. A piece of small madeleine cake brought out endless unconscious memories, and then the pen turned sharply. The author strongly criticizes the mechanical and erroneous criticism methods of the authoritative critic Saint-Beuve, and the resulting contempt and misunderstanding of all the literary geniuses in the French literary world at that time. The whole book contains both lyrical narrative and rational speculation. The two complement each other and reflect each other. The style of nearly half of the book is similar to or echoes that of "Reminiscence of Lost Time". It is a condensation of the essence of the author's thoughts and laid the first cornerstone for later textualist and structuralist criticism.

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The author uses cruel and heavy writing to connect the long and sad life of the protagonist Oba Yezo from his childhood scenery, sufferings to the women and "friends" he has interacted with. The author's spirit invested in this work aims to use the cruel fate of the weak to resist meaninglessness, to inspire people to a certain extent on how to keep their souls in the harsh life, and to reach the other side of their destiny together with people who are suffering.

During World War I, American young man Larry's comrades died trying to rescue him. This experience completely changed Larry's thinking. He began to ask his inner questions: Since there is good in the world, why does evil also coexist? After the war, he stubbornly pursued the answer. He first went to Paris to study philosophy, and then came to a monastery in Bonn. However, Christian doctrine failed to provide him with a satisfactory answer, so he went to Spain and tried to find the true meaning of life through art. After getting no results, he ran to India and stayed there for five years before finally finding his true faith in Indian religion. "The Knife's Edge" is Maugham's full-length work published in 1944. It is based on the famous philosopher Wittgenstein. It profoundly shows the mental journey of an entire generation of Western intellectuals in their search for the meaning of existence, and presents a picture of life in the Western world after World War I. , From the United States to Europe and India, from Paris and London to Chicago and New York, from the city to the seaside, from the upper class to the lower class, the author provides us with a group of vivid and flesh-and-blood characters in a broad geographical and social background.

This book is a collection of short stories published by the author Haruki Murakami in 1990. There are 6 short stories in total, all of which are interesting and highly readable. Among them, "TV People" tells the story of several villains called "TV People" who are like miniature copies of normal people, breaking into private homes and companies. "Folklore of Our Times" tells about a girl who is strangely "sane" in matters of love. She falls in love with her male classmate but refuses to marry him because according to "the general trend of the world", women should "marry someone who is several years older." At the same time, she made an appointment with him for a post-marriage tryst on the grounds that "if you marry as a virgin, you will no longer need to be a virgin after marriage." As a result, when that day came, he could no longer get warm.

People call Dazai Osamu's works eternal youth literature: in his works, there are always eternal youths who never grow up, either perfect or completely shattered. This is a concentrated expression of the purity and fragility of Dazai Osamu's life, and it is also a true portrayal of modern youth. This book is a selection of Osamu Dazai's short stories and short stories. It has selected more than ten of Osamu Dazai's masterpieces such as "The Setting Sun" and "Disqualification in the World" and compiled them into a volume. It is a concentrated expression of the essence of Osamu Dazai's creation. The representative work "Disqualification in the World" describes the tragic story of the protagonist who cannot find the direction of life, keeps sinking in order to escape reality, and finally leads to self-destruction. It is considered to be a semi-autobiographical novel. The novel profoundly reflects the emptiness and helplessness of people under the oppression of the capitalist system. "Setting Sun" describes the chaotic era when Japanese social values ​​collapsed after the war, and the tragic life of declining nobles who had no choice but to die, and shows the deep harm caused by the war to the Japanese people. The remaining ten short stories also have their own characteristics, fully demonstrating the author's creative talent.

"Akin" is a collection of short stories that Maugham personally edited and selected during his lifetime. It includes six short stories based on his experiences during his two trips to the Malay Peninsula and surrounding areas in the early 1920s. The title is the name of a Chinese servant the author hired during his travels. The six novels have different themes, ranging from bizarre murders to passionate love and hopeless marriages. Maugham uses his clear and smooth language to tell these twists and turns of the story without any obscurity, but with foreshadowing everywhere. In Somerset Maugham's works, those Westerners who have escaped from the Western civilized world and come to remote and unfamiliar environments are often swayed by their own desires, become erratic, unpredictable, and do unusual things. The ending of the story often presents a surprising and thought-provoking turning point.

Popular writer Alroy Keel wanted to write a biography of the late famous writer Driffield, but he knew little about the young Driffield, so he asked Driffield's friend, another writer Ashenden, for help. Under Keel's insistence, Ashenden recalled his early relationship with Driffield and his ex-wife Rosie. "Fun", also known as "Family Scandal", was published in 1930 and is Maugham's favorite novel. The author changes the prejudice against women in his previous works and draws materials from the real literary and artistic circles. He recalls the life of a beautiful woman as an admirer and sarcastically embellishes it with interesting anecdotes from the literary and artistic circles.

A masterpiece of Japanese pyramid literature that has sold tens of millions of copies. "Disqualification" is a classic masterpiece with deep aesthetics of destruction. It is the representative work of Osamu Dazai, the master of Japanese rogue literature. It is also an autobiographical account of his writing career. It can be said to be the culmination of the scandals that happened to him. Osamu Dazai has been very sensitive since he was a child. He made up his mind to become a writer in middle school. He began to live a bohemian life in college. He once lived with a geisha, attempted to commit suicide four times, and finally committed suicide with his lover by drowning. Dazai Osamu used the life experience of the protagonist in the novel to cleverly cover his own life and thoughts. He believed that he was a "person who has lost his personality". In describing the degeneration process of a middle-aged man in the novel, he was actually using the sharp edge of literature to cut into the weakest depths of his heart.

Dostoevsky's investigation of human nature is unprecedented, at least in terms of depth. He often touches the most extreme mental states and explores the upper and lower limits of the human soul. As a result, morbid psychology often appears in his works, especially those that are conscious or unconscious abnormal behaviors, and abnormal states that are close to coma and madness. The physical and mental pain of the protagonist in the novel is like a dying struggle, and its shocking effect is unmatched by other writers.

"The Outsider: Selected Novels and Short Stories by Camus" is filled with a strange and grotesque atmosphere. The protagonist in the book is passive, indifferent, lazy, and indifferent to life and people, and his words and actions are very absurd. Readers can often feel a kind of indifference behind this absurdity, and at the same time they can also experience a kind of rationality, and resonate with this rationality in real life.

He said: "Dong Zhiwei, I want you." He didn't say that I want to pursue you, he didn't say that I like you, let alone that I love you, he just said, "Dong Zhiwei, I want you." He had never shown such a restless look in front of her. Such Yuan Jingrui made Dong Zhiwei feel strange and soft-hearted, and the previous trembling was replaced by a deep sadness. "No!" She spoke before she choked, preventing any further movement from him. It's not that she doesn't know that he loves her deeply, it's not that she doesn't know how deep his affection is, it's just that after being hurt, she is no longer brave and confident. All she can do is refuse and escape. And he doesn't understand these!

Chang Huan found several tutoring and part-time jobs while studying. Once after tutoring, I passed by a wine lounge and met Yan Zifei. When they first met, Yan Zifei was gentle and elegant, and behaved like a gentleman, making Chang Huan fall in love with him at first sight. When tasting wine, the sound of clinking glasses and the swaying of red wine, couldn't it be that happiness was rippling in her heart? On New Year's Eve, she was devastated, and he rushed to her side immediately. She stayed up late with him, watched the fireworks together, and received his ambiguous embrace... In the years to come, he warmed her life again and again, creating a pure and beautiful time. She thought happiness was nothing more than this, even if he never said "I love you". However, she didn't know that sometimes, beauty is like an illusion. She wants to reach out and touch it, but it is shattered in an instant.

Princess Ping An was frail since she was a child, so she was favored. When she was thirteen, she got Ji Feng, the son of a guilty minister, as her life attendant, and she fell in love with him at first sight. However, something unexpected happened in the palace soon. Ping An's royal brother forced the palace to kill his father, and then married her to a foreign country. Ping An was attacked by foreign rebels on the way to her wedding. At the critical moment, Ping An was rescued by people in the world, but Ji Feng died trying to save her. Wen De, the leader of the alliance, was entrusted by Ji Feng to take Ping An in and accepted him as a closed disciple. Three years later, Ping An entered the world and happened to meet Mo Li, the right envoy of the cult. Li left and right, Mo Li had doubts about Ping An's life experience, and wanted to take her back to the head teacher, but encountered resistance from Wen De and dissidents in the religion. After he gradually developed an unusual feeling for Ping An, Ping An suddenly discovered that he was indeed not an old friend from back then.

One is a cute, smart, lively and interesting genius girl, and the other is a big boss who likes to pretend to be pitiful when he has nothing to do. Manman was unlucky to offend the big boss during the interview, but she was able to get into the company of her dreams. Unfortunately, she was unlucky enough to see through the big boss's secret! Turn out to be! The big boss who usually looks just pretty will turn into a peerless beauty when he sings Kun Opera. Turn out to be! The big boss actually has no real power, so he can only act leisurely in the office. The price of peeking into the secrets of big shots is heavy. The soft-hearted Manman is attracted by the boss who pretends to be pitiful, and she falls in love stupidly...

Siddhartha, a young Brahmin from ancient India, embarked on a long road of asceticism. He left the privileged aristocratic home alone, went from conscious abstinence to self-exile and sensual enjoyment, and finally achieved inner peace. He left the past behind all the way, and after realizing that the world is a grassroots team and the meaninglessness of life, he went to live a positive life.

The 1960s and 1970s were an era of spiritual introspection for young people in Europe and the United States. Hermann Hesse's "Siddhartha" became an instant classic. The spiritual journey similar to this book was also written into the songs of youth rock by many pop singers and bands. The book became the inspiration for Nick Drake, a Van Gogh-esque figure in rock history. It was also appreciated by the American "Beat" writer Henry Miller. The famous Taiwanese dance company Cloud Gate Dance Theater's repertoire "Song of the Wanderer" is adapted from this. The translation of this book comes from Ms. Su Nianqiu, a famous Taiwanese translator and essayist who has earlier studied the translation of Hesse's works. It provides an excellent translation choice for the majority of domestic lovers of Hesse's works.

This book includes Osamu Dazai's most representative novels "Disqualification in the World" and "Setting Sun" as well as literary essays "This I Hear". "Disqualified in the World" is Osamu Dazai's last completed work, and it is the pyramid of Japanese "private novels". In the form of a confession, it explores the cowardice deep in the heart and explores the qualifications of a human being. It goes straight to the soul and is inescapable. "Setting Sun" writes about the pain and redemption of Japan's declining aristocracy after the war. "Setting Sun Clan" has become synonymous with declining people, and Osamu Dazai's memorial hall was also named "Setting Sun Hall". "This I Hear" is Osamu Dazai's response to the criticism of him by other writers in the literary world. It includes criticism of some "old writers" in the literary world at that time, as well as a defense for himself. It also states his views and attitude towards writing. It can also be regarded as Osamu Dazai's "Declaration of Independence", which shocked the literary world when it was published.

Alyssa and Jerome are cousins ​​since childhood. Alyssa often read poetry and literature with Jerome on the bench behind the garden, and the two spent a long but carefree childhood in the countryside of Normandy. Love gradually took root among several boys and girls of the same age. At first, they secretly fell in love with each other, each hiding their secrets and worries, just like all teenagers who are just starting to fall in love. When they are deeply in love, their spirits blend together and they want to become a better person for each other, completely unable to tolerate any imperfection. However, cousin Alyssa saw love eventually fall into an ordinary appearance in other people's ordinary marriages, and she had doubts about love. What she wanted to pursue was eternal love, and she firmly believed that there was immortal love in the world, but the road to eternity was a narrow road, and the door to enter was a "narrow door" that "only a few people" could find. Immortality and eternal love require a lifetime of dedication and great efforts to achieve.

This article is Dazai Osamu's rare "Sunrise Work". Through the description of the "journey to find roots", he explores his own nature as a Tsugaru person, and indirectly expresses his rich customs through stories with his friends. While showing his love for the countryside, he also faintly reveals a desire to stay away from the hustle and bustle. In the context of the time, it was also a rare masterpiece in pursuit of tranquility. Dazai Osamu (だざいおさむ), whose real name is Tsushima Shuji (つしましゅうじ), is a Japanese novelist and a representative writer of Japanese post-war rogue literature. His major works include the novels "Retrograde", "Setting Sun" and "Disqualification in the World". Dazai Osamu had wanted to become a writer since he was a student. At the age of 21, he attempted suicide by throwing himself into the sea with a waitress at a Ginza cafe. In 1935, the work "Retrograde" in the book "Late Years" was listed as a candidate for the first Akutagawa Prize. After getting married, he wrote works such as "One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji" and "Setting Sun" and became a popular contemporary writer. Late at night on June 13, 1948, he and Yamazaki Furei, a female reader who admired him, committed suicide by jumping into the Tamagawa River. He was 39 years old and left behind works such as "Disqualification in the World".

There is Greek specialty wine that exudes the scent of pine, and roasted chicken with pearls served on a silver plate decorated with the Medici family coat of arms. There are also studios of artists in the center of Florence in the 16th century, major banks all over Europe, and a dazzling array of shops filled with foreign goods. You will pass by plainly dressed civilian women cooking Egyptian bean soup in a large pot, and you will also have a heated discussion about Machiavelli's prophecies with nobles wearing fine satin and lace. Not only that, the love drama between a handsome man and an elegant geisha, the power struggle between ambitious young people, and the complex relationships between the great powers at that time are all presented in this "Renaissance Novel" series. In the 16th century AD, Marco, a young diplomat of the Republic of Venice, received a secret order asking him to save his homeland from the attack of Spain, which attempted to dominate Europe, and the Ottoman Turkish Empire, which dominated the entire Islamic world. Elvis, a close friend who knew Turkey well and was deeply involved with the court, was supposed to be Marco's help. However, the fate of the world was turned upside down by the dark light shining in his eyes. Elvis commanded the armies of the Ottoman Turkish Empire in battle, and was canonized as Governor of Hungary by Sultan Suleiman I. But then the Ottoman Turkish army was unwilling to obey this commander who was not an Ottoman Turk or a Muslim. Elvis was later beheaded by two farmers. The "Committee of Ten" in Venice also discovered Olympia's true identity as a spy for Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain, and Marco was suspended.

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"Steppenwolf" is Hesse's novel published in 1927, with a strong autobiographical flavor. It is a literary expression in which Hermann Hesse investigates the protagonist Harry Haller and strives to reveal and resolve his conflicts with popular culture, industrial society and the power class, as well as his deep psychological crisis. The novel switches between creative multiple perspectives, including the anonymous publisher, a manual called "On Steppenwolf", and Harry himself, showing readers a vivid picture of civil society and the marginalized Steppenwolf during the period of dissociation.

In 1848, Dostoevsky began writing "Nedochka". In 1849, he was exiled to Siberia and then interrupted his writing, leaving the novel unfinished. In this book: he writes about a wasted genius, who cannot live his life in vain. If he is decadent for too long, his talent will be taken away; he writes about a arrogant girlfriend, and the friendship established in his youth is more pure and precious than anything in the world; he writes about the growth of a young girl, in order to protect the people she cherishes, cowardly girls dare to stand up. Wang Xiaobo said: "I read this book and have remembered the first half for the rest of my life. I still think this is the best book, worthy of being a major masterpiece. I think people should always commemorate Dostoevsky for it."

"Italian Fairy Tales" is a "fairy tale book for all Italy" that Calvino adapted from the folk tale materials recorded in various dialects across Italy for centuries and rewritten it in modern common Italian. It is suitable for all Italian people to read and can be easily introduced to the world. Here, Calvino calmly jumped into the sea of ​​stories, sifting through the traditions and myths scattered in the Italian folk countryside and restoring their original clean and simple appearance. In the two hundred stories, readers are exposed to a world with strong Italian characteristics: emperors and peasants, saints and devils, and strange animals and plants; some are humorous or simple, some are absurd or mysterious. Because of Calvino, "Italian Fairy Tale" stands at the same level as "Grimm's Fairy Tales", and its narrative text is more concise and outstanding.

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"The Blade" is Maugham's classic philosophical work. Maugham condensed his thoughts on the world and life into this work. Riley served in the Air Force during World War I and flew high in the vast sky. He wanted "power and honor far beyond the world." The death of his comrade made him realize the helplessness and insurmountability of life. After being discharged from the army, Riley refused to go to college, get married, or find a job. He left his relatives and friends behind and traveled to Europe. Finally, he went to India, where he was inspired by a Ganesha master's ashram and realized the true meaning of life. In the end, Riley chose to disappear among all living things.

Everyone who truly finds himself is called "Siddhartha"! In the history of human literature, "Siddhartha" uses poetic language to thoroughly explore the meaning of personal existence in the world, and has become synonymous with those who pursue the truth! Li Yinhe, Jiang Xun, and Jiang Fangzhou jointly recommend! The masterpiece of Nobel Prize winner Hesse! A must-read for every Western college student! Influence the spiritual growth of 140 million young people! Five major features of the new hardcover collector's edition of "Siddhartha": (1) Translation by German "National Merit Medal Winner" Yang Wuneng! Not a word is deleted! (2) Postscript to the translation by Bashu Translator Weng! Let you appreciate the essence of his works. (3) An original biography of Hesse, providing an in-depth understanding of the "Romantic Knight" Hesse. (4) A special collection of 10 watercolors painted by Hesse, vividly presenting the poetic world described by Hesse. (5) Carefully designed chapter pages and text layout, new editing, and smooth reading without obstacles. Siddhartha, a young man in ancient India, had everything, but his easy life did not make him happy. In order to seek the meaning of his existence, he embarked on the path of spiritual practice alone. On the way, he experienced the temptation of lust and the troubles of fame and fortune, but could not escape. In despair, he came to the river and planned to end his life, but then he heard a voice from his heart...

The protagonist of "The Eternal Princess" is the wife of Henry VIII and the mother of Mary I: Princess Catherine of Spain. When she married into England, she was just a young girl with extraordinary beauty and pure heart. However, one tragedy after another cast an increasingly thick shadow on her life. From an innocent girl to a political victim, Catherine, the mother of "Bloody Mary", fell into the quagmire of royal battles step by step.

The novel describes the joys and sorrows of a pair of twin sisters. Due to a poor family, her sister Chieko was abandoned and adopted by a silk and satin wholesaler, and she became a pampered young lady. Although her younger sister Miaozi stayed at her parents' home, she became an orphan when she was infancy. When she grew up, she stayed in the village to be employed and support herself. The two sisters are beautiful in appearance and kind-hearted. Chieko is sensitive and possesses the delicate emotions of a girl, while her younger sister Miaozi is gentle and simple, like the spirit of Beishan fir, tall, beautiful and full of vitality. Kawabata Yasunari used two parasitic purple-flowered cicadas on a large maple tree to compare the fate of the two sisters. Although they are so far away from each other, they can meet each other for a while, but they never get together.

"Dancing Princess" begins with the main line of the family of dancer Namiko and her husband Yagi, daughter dancer Shinoko and son Takao. After dancer Namiko married Yagi, she gradually left the stage and turned to education. Later, Japan was defeated and Bozi had to sell off his belongings to maintain the family's livelihood. Bozi unexpectedly met her childhood sweetheart Takehara during a performance, and a spark of love burst out between them.

The work of Nobel Prize winner Kawabata Yasunari depicts the dangers and chaos of young sensibility, the loneliness and fear of being born a woman, and delicately paints a picture of Showa women's life. "Born a Woman" is a representative novel by Nobel Prize-winning writer Kawabata Yasunari. In "Born a Woman", the Sayama couple, who are nearly forty years old, still have no children, but they have a harmonious relationship and live a prosperous and worry-free life. Out of sympathy, Sayama took in Taeko, the murderer's daughter; Arong, the daughter of his wife Ichiko's old friend, also ran away from home to join Ichiko, who longed for a free life in Tokyo. Taeko is restrained, introverted and sick, and her father committed a crime, which made her even more inferior; Arong is bold and willful, and falls in love with Ichiko and Sagawa at the same time. The originally peaceful family is in trouble because of these two girls... Kawabata Yasunari is a master of describing women's emotions and life. In his light narrative, he shows the pure, quiet and lamentable world of women.

"Collection of Kawabata Yasunari's award-winning masterpieces (2 volumes in total)" includes "Snow Country" and "The Dancing Girl of Izu". "Snow Country" includes seven classic works from "Snow Country" and "Oil", "Fantasy of May", "Bonfire", "Her Dress", "Chiyo", "Orphan's Feelings" and "Human Heart" from the short story collection "First Love Novels". The story of "Snow Country" mainly tells the story of a Tokyo dance art researcher named Shimamura, who went to the hot spring hotel in Snow Country three times and had a love entanglement with the local geisha Komako and the girl Ye Zi who met by chance. The article is full of delicate emotions of love and futility. "The Dancer of Izu" is a famous work by Kawabata Yasunari. It describes a pure first love story of a young student who meets a teenage dancer in the green mountains and beautiful waters of Izu. It includes "The Dancer of Izu", "The Blue Sea and the Black Sea", "Reunion", "The Wife Riding a Donkey", "Soul Song", "Twenty Years Old", "Beasts", "Parents", etc., A total of 8 short stories.