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"Birds and Crescent Moon" is a collection of Rabindranath Tagore's famous poems. "Birds" is one of Rabindranath Tagore's outstanding poetry collections. The short, concise, clear and meaningful poems contain profound wisdom and nourish the hearts of hundreds of millions of readers. "New Moon Collection" is also a masterpiece by Rabindranath Tagore. It vividly describes the lively mind and brilliant imagination of children. It uses special and timeless artistic charm to create a pure and beautiful children's world, allowing the pure childlike innocence to illuminate the direction of life.

An unparalleled poetry classic, a fresh and beautiful movement, a classic recited in the West, and the pride of Eastern literature. Without Gibran's prose, how pale would the history of world literature be? He is one of the most outstanding poets of the 20th century. He is a giant standing on the bridge connecting Eastern and Western cultures. He is the best gift from the East to the West. His achievements are comparable to Tagore! There is a great soul in this world that is open to all rivers. Every word he said is worth carefully understanding. When life is difficult and low, it is especially suitable to read Kahlil Gibran. The sentences he wrote are like the sound of nature! The whole book is equipped with exquisite color illustrations to make the book more vivid. The text is made of high-end, environmentally friendly paper and printed in high definition, bringing you the best reading enjoyment and the most treasured version.

From the beginning of his career in 1927 to the return of his soul to the country of poetry in 1973, Auden continued to inject new atmosphere into English poetry for nearly half a century. His works range from politics to religion, from cities to the countryside, and are full of beautiful words. Street conversations can also be incorporated into poetry. This book is the first volume of the complete collection of poems that Auden voluntarily retained, and the text was approved by him. This book, together with the unpublished second volume of selected poems, includes all the contents of previous editions of Auden's poetry collections, and covers all the poet's later collections of short poems. It can be said that the essence of Auden's poetry has been collected here. Looking through the entire book, one can't help but admire the exquisiteness of Auden's poetic skills and the breadth of his feelings, and the ancient Western literary tradition has reappeared in its past glory again and again in his writings.

This book is a kind of "The Complete Works of Susan Sontag", the first volume of Sontag's diary, which spans from 1947 to 1963. These 16 years are the process of Sontag's growth from a young girl to a young writer and a single mother. The central content of her life is to experience it at all costs: to read eagerly and to "understand" with all her strength. Life and writing are inseparable, thus partially answering the question "Why Sontag is Sontag?"

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"Love of Life" is composed of eight representative short stories by the famous American writer Jack London: "Love of Life", "One Day Camping", "The White Man's Way", "Keith's Story", "The Unexpected", "Brown Wolf", "Sundog Road" and "The Coward Negulo".

The masterpiece of Japanese short story "genius" Ryunosuke Akutagawa, and the original novel of Akira Kurosawa's Oscar-winning film "Rashomon". Akutagawa literature research expert and translator Gao Hui diligently translated and proofread the book, making it readable and durable. Lu Xun, Osamu Dazai, Haruki Murakami and many other famous figures unanimously praised it.

A hundred people have a hundred different opinions about the same thing. Who should you believe? People are naturally self-interested and are used to saying things that are beneficial to themselves, which makes the truth often confusing and difficult to recognize. "Rashomon" contains nineteen stories by the "genius" novelist Ryunosuke Akutagawa. Each story is an ultimate description of a kind of human nature. Times are changing and people's hearts are unpredictable, but human nature remains unchanged. Understanding human nature is the only way to understand the world. Natsume Soseki commented on Akutagawa's works: "The brushwork is solemn, without gimmicks, simple and natural, humorous, and elegant. Moreover, the subject matter is novel, the concept is insightful, the structure is rigorous, and the writing is very essential, which is admirable."

The chapters in "Montaigne's Essays" vary in length and have a clear and natural structure. With his special keen perception, Montaigne recorded his intellectual and spiritual development, leaving extremely precious spiritual wealth for future generations. For more than four hundred years, history has proven that Montaigne is an immortal figure like Bacon, Shakespeare and other great writers. His works are an analysis of various ideological trends and knowledge in the sixteenth century. They are known as the "philosophy of life". They occupy an important position in the history of French prose and are the first of essay-type works.

"Moki" describes the bizarre experience of the leader's son Moki after he was stolen by jungle dwellers. First a slave, and then a laborer, Moki tried to escape several times, but was captured all the time. The plot of the whole novel has ups and downs, and the characters are described in detail. In "Beauty Li Wan", Li Wan wants to get rid of her husband's control and find happiness, but her plan is blocked again and again; when she seeks help from the outside world, she is met with cold treatment by the world; in "Rebel", Johnny, a child laborer, has been working in various factories since he was seven years old. After more than ten years, Johnny was finally unwilling to work like a machine anymore and decided to escape from the factory and find a new life. This novel records the tragic life of workers in the context of the American machine industry at the beginning of the twentieth century, criticizes the cruel reality, and expresses expectations for the future through Johnny's awakening and defection. ... All of this is performed in a poignant and vivid way under the pen of Jack London.

The novel describes the ups and downs but constant struggle of a talented musician of German descent, John Christoph. Creates a character full of unyielding spirit. This is a hero who belongs to the world, not a certain nation - Christophe constantly resists the decadent art and the vulgar social environment. After hitting the wall, he becomes more and more courageous, and constantly surpasses himself and pursues a higher spiritual realm. This is Beethoven's spirit and Roland's own spirit.

"The Scream" is a collection of short stories written by Lu Xun from 1918 to 1922, including "Diary of a Madman", "Medicine", "Tomorrow", and "The True Story of Ah Q". It has received great response after its publication. In the preface to "The Scream", Lu Xun talked about the process and purpose of his abandoning medicine to pursue literature, and recalled: "Once, I suddenly saw many Chinese people I had not seen for a long time in a picture. One was tied in the middle, and many stood on the left and right. They had the same strong physique, but showed numb expressions." "Wandering" is a collection of short stories by Mr. Lu Xun, written during the period when the New Culture camp was divided after the "May 4th Movement". It turns out that among those who participated in the New Culture Movement, "some retired, some were promoted, and some advanced." Lu Xun was as "lonely" and "wandering" as a wandering warrior unable to form a formation. On the title page of "Wandering", he quoted a poem from "Li Sao": "The road is long and long, and I will search up and down."

The overture to Natsume Soseki's "Love Trilogy" depicts the confusion and melancholy of young people on their path of growth in a sparse and indifferent way. The novel describes what the protagonist Sanshirō sees, hears and feels as he grows from a high school student graduating from a rural area to a university student in Tokyo, as well as his mental journey growing up in the city. It reveals the social reality and explores the true meaning of life from a deep level. Sanshirō's experience of moving from his hometown to the city is nothing less than a microcosm of the spiritual wandering of contemporary people. Everyone is a lost lamb exiled by the times, looking for a place to live.

When she lit the incense, she knew that she could not go back, and then she fell into panic. Only when she made the incense of forgetfulness could she have a moment of peace, until the arrival of a letter broke the balance of her life...

Santiago, a veteran Cuban fisherman, finally caught a big marlin alone after not catching a fish for 84 consecutive days. But the fish was so big that it dragged his boat on the sea for three days before it was exhausted and was killed by him and tied to the side of the boat. However, on the way back, he was repeatedly attacked by sharks. When he finally returned to port, only the head, tail and a spine were left of the big marlin. Although this is a work with a simple story and a small length, it is rich in meaning. Many teachers use it as a teaching material on heroism education and recommend it to students, making it an enduring bestseller. Santiago's tragic fate is the refractory reflection of Hemingway's own experience in art.

"Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" is a semi-autobiographical novel by James Joyce, which depicts the spiritual growth of the protagonist Stephen Dedalus from childhood to youth. Through poetic language and stream-of-consciousness techniques, the author tells the story of Stephen's struggle to grow up under the pressure of family, religion, nationalism, etc. After experiencing the confusion of faith, the sinking of sensuality and the awakening of art, he finally resolutely rejected the clerical mission and secular constraints, devoted himself to art, and pursued freedom and truth.

Etsuko was tortured by her husband's incestuous relationship. After her husband died, she moved into her father-in-law Miyoshi's country villa. She was attracted by the young gardener Saburo, and gradually fell into the quagmire of love and jealousy.

Maka and Yushi were childhood sweethearts and got married right after graduating from high school. After the death of his grandfather, who was dependent on each other for life, Yuzhi, who was already depressed, became even more lifeless. In order to help him rediscover the meaning of life, they walked out into the outside world embracing the loneliness that only each other could comfort. In front of the magnificent nature, the invisible thin wall between the two gradually disappeared. Finally, they sang songs hand in hand and embarked on their way home.

The heroine Oedipa is a typical American housewife in the 20th century. After returning home from a dinner party, she discovers that she has been nominated as the executor of her will by her late lover, California real estate magnate Pierce. So Oedipa left Los Angeles and went to Pierce's "home base" - San Narciso to conduct estate investigations. Many discoveries made during the investigation, without exception, point to an ancient and mysterious underground postal system - Tristero. In a series of investigations into this organization, she seems to be getting closer to the truth, but the answers are specious. The confusing clues make Oedipa confused. She is unable to determine whether "Tristero" really exists. Perhaps she is just the victim of a scam set by Pierce, or perhaps everything is her own crazy hallucination. A set of stamps auctioned as "Lot 49" seems to be the key to solving the mystery of Tristero. Through a labyrinthine narrative and the borrowing of the theory of entropy increase and the principle of uncertainty, the novel depicts the bizarre social panorama of the United States, reveals the embarrassing situation of human beings in a disorderly, empty, and uncertain modern society, and demonstrates the weird perspective of the genius Pynchon and his skillful use of artistic techniques such as hybridity and parody.

"Sand Country Almanack" is the representative work of Aldo Leopold, the father of ecological ethics. Among them, "The Return of the Wild Geese" and "Think Like a Mountain" were selected into middle school Chinese textbooks. The classic translation version of "Sand Country Almanac" is based on the first edition of Oxford University Press in 1949. It was carefully translated by the famous environmental historian Professor Hou Wenhui. Susan Fried, chairman of the Leopold Foundation in the United States, wrote a preface and recommended it. It also includes a comparison of the Chinese, English and Latin scientific names of the animals and plants in the book. The book contains Leopold's unpublished preface in 1947, accompanied by 33 original English illustrations, vividly presenting the natural feelings of a naturalist. "Sand Country Almanac" is the crystallization of Aldo Leopold's lifelong observations, experiences, and thoughts. In this book, the author not only expresses his recollection of the harmonious life on the Wisconsin Sand Country Farm, but also records the lessons and pain he experienced in pursuing a scientific ecological view. He also discusses the relationship between man and nature, man and land, trying to reawaken people's love and respect for nature. The whole book contains his views on land health and land ethics. The language is fresh and beautiful, and the content is serious and profound. The author's meticulous observations are reflected between the lines, and he is permeated with his sincere love for birds, beasts, and exotic flowers and plants.

The poetic Qianxun Waterfall is like an April day in the human world. Wander through a period of history, comprehend life and dreams; perform a charming legend, comprehend talent and poetry, and panoramically reproduce the poetry and painting of Lin Huiyin, the "talented woman of the Chinese generation" in Hu Shi's eyes.

The first translator of Flaubert and the first translator of Molière, the complete translation of Mr. Li Jianwu, a versatile writer, translator, critic, and researcher; it brings together all the extant translation works of the famous translator Li Jianwu, totaling fourteen volumes and more than 3.5 Million words. It has extremely high literary value and academic significance; it fills gaps and is of milestone significance in the domestic translation, literary research and publishing circles. Mr. Li Jianwu is a famous modern writer, dramatist, translator, critic and literary researcher in my country. He is well-known in the fields of creation, criticism, translation and research...

Why is reading a prerequisite for enjoying reading? Which classics are not worth reading? How to establish your own philosophical system? Literary master Somerset Maugham revealed his reading and writing experience, and gave a profound interpretation of 13 literary giants and 45 classic works. A smart person's no-holds-barred guide to reading, and a gifted novelist's sharp and entertaining literary insights.

Exploring our relationship with news and shaping our state of mind, the New York Times and Amazon. Com special articles recommend the works of British talent, lifestyle leader, and speaker Alain de Botton. A new preface written by de Botton especially for Chinese readers has been added. Nearly 50 photography works are beautifully presented. Starting from this, the world-famous talented writer de Botton analyzes six types of news reports - political news, international news, economic news, celebrity news, disaster news, and consumer news. With his vivid writing and thorough observation, he guides us to form appropriate opinions and makes us realize that--contrary to the implications of news reports--nothing is truly novel, surprising, or terrifying.

This novel comes from a true story: an old fisherman who fished alone at sea caught a big fish after catching nothing for a long time, but he encountered a shark. The old man fought with the shark with all his strength, and finally saved most of the fruits of victory... "A person is not born to be defeated. You can destroy him, but you can't defeat him."

I concoct a semi-imaginary life from the real plot of life. This is my life. "Facts: The Autobiography of a Novelist" is the first book in Philip Roth's "Roth Series". The novel begins and ends with two letters between "I" Roth and Zuckerman (the second self created by the author). It is divided into five parts: Prologue, Safe Home, Joe College, The Girl of My Dreams, and now we may begin to trace the life trajectory of "I" from a boy in a Jewish town to a successful novelist. Under the strict non-fiction narrative, the novel presents an "unmodified" "Ross" - a budding artist, student, son, lover, husband, American, Jew, and openly explores the relationship between novels and autobiography: how close it is, how far away it is. "

It is a must-read for business elites and politicians in Japan and South Korea, and a must-read for education! Wang Shi and Wang Wei wrote the preface, and Wu Xiaobo, Qin Shuo, and Wu Bofan jointly recommended it. An immortal empire is coming to an end, the imperial period is coming to an end, and out of the fog of the crisis of the third century, where should Rome go? Until Constantine won and became the only emperor of Rome. The Roman Empire entered a critical moment, when authority must be created to continue the empire, and power shifted from humans to God. Faced with Christianity, should the Romans eliminate it or accept it? Is this the last attempt by the Roman Empire to continue its national destiny?

European civilization in the 27 years from 1789 to 1815 belonged to Napoleon's century. Napoleon was an unprecedented dictator, but paradoxically, he devoted his life to seeking order for France after the liberal riots. After his death, he once again became a son of the revolution, an enemy of absolutism and aristocracy, a symbol of the riots, and a moderate spokesman who constantly demanded freedom. Hegel believed that he was a world force with the meaning of transforming fragmentation into wholeness and chaos into profoundness. This zeitgeist is necessary to maintain order and end individualism, abuse of freedom and broken rule. From this perspective, Napoleon was a progressive force. Europe moved forward for half a century under his 15-year rule.

"Hillier Gives to Children: A Different Geography of the World" is a book for learning geography. By reading this book, children can travel around the world at home - from North America to South America, from Europe to Asia, and finally to Africa and Oceania. The interesting maps, long journey around the world, and interesting world knowledge in the book constitute this unique geography book. This book is not only a famous geography textbook, but also an interesting guidebook to take you around the world, allowing you to browse around the world, thereby deepening your knowledge and enriching your knowledge.

The collected works of Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck. "Of Mice and Men": This is a modern fable that touches the soul, telling the dreams and losses of farm workers at the bottom of American society. "The Grapes of Wrath": This is a touching legendary story. "East of Eden": This is a family saga that lasts for half a century. Poverty, war, wealth, murder, love, family affection, lies... It tells about life and their free will that confuse every generation.

The protagonist Toby is a porter. He is sixty years old and still busy with life. The day before Christmas, he stood in front of the church, braving the wind and snow, hoping to wait for an errand. His daughter Meg finally found a job, earned some money, and prepared a delicious meal for him - a pot of braised tripe. The novel begins around this pot of tripe and ends in the joyful atmosphere of a beautiful wedding.

The book "108 World Events Young People Must Know" is a selection of the most important 108 world events from numerous historical events. Therefore it can be considered a condensed version of world history. Through a brief introduction, this book allows readers to understand the social background of historical events, review the historical process of the event, and know the historical significance after its occurrence. Just as stones from other mountains can be used to attack jade, I hope readers can draw nutrients from these historical events and gain experiences that are beneficial to life.

"Manuscript of the Political History of the Tang Dynasty" was completed by Chen Yinke in Hong Kong in 1941. The preface was signed "written by Chen Yinke on the New Year's Day of Xinsi at his residence at No. 369, Prince Edward Road, Kowloon". It was copied and revised in Guilin the following year and handed over to the Commercial Press for publication in 1943. This book is Chen Yinke's masterpiece and is very inspiring for the study of Tang history. Hong Kong provided Chen Yinke with a short research space during the turbulent times, allowing him to complete this masterpiece. Although it was accidental, it cannot but be said to be fate.

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"Moonlight over the Lotus Pond (Hardcover Illustrated Classic of the Times) (Essence)" written by Zhu Ziqing is divided into four parts: perceptions of life, old stories of old friends, traces of walking, and reflections on life. Among them, the best works in the first part all reflect the characteristics of Mr. Zhu Ziqing's writing; among the seven works in the second part, "Back View" is a well-known masterpiece. Its simple and simple words and melancholy lingering atmosphere show the Chinese-style deep love between father and son to the world.

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"Collected Essays of Lu Xun" selects 58 classic essays written by Mr. Lu Xun from 1918 to 1936. From the publication of his first "Reflections" in 1918 to his death in 1936, Mr. Lu Xun wrote 16 essays in published collections - from "How We Be Fathers Now" and "The Boundaries of Free Speech", which write about the world; to "Talking about Jin Shengtan" and "On "Fuck"", which closely observe people's hearts; to "Secrets of Composition" and "Miscellaneous Notes on Reading", which talk about poetry and art - inclusive and all-encompassing. He is the unique "Mr. Big", a real man who is cold due to despair and blazing with anger - "Some people are dead, but he is still alive."

The content is taken from the Chinese Yuan Dynasty drama "The Story of the Gray Land", written by Li Qianfu, and its full name is "The Story of the Gray Landing" by Bao Dai Zhi Zhi Kan. The governor of Georgia was killed in a riot, and the governor's wife abandoned her biological son, Michael, when she fled in panic; the kind-hearted maid risked her life and went through hardships to raise him; after the rebellion subsided, the governor's wife asked for the child in order to inherit the inheritance. Judge Azdak used gray (chalk) to decide the case: The greedy and cruel governor's wife pulled the child out regardless of life and death, but the maid could not bear to have the child injured... The ending of the story is that the child was not awarded to his biological mother, but to the adoptive mother and maid.

Oliver, who had no father or mother, struggled to live in an orphanage for nine years, and was sent to an apprenticeship with the owner of a coffin shop. Unbearable hunger, poverty and humiliation forced Oliver to flee to London, where he was forced to become a pickpocket. He was once taken in by the wealthy Mr. Brown, but unfortunately he was discovered by a pickpocket and fell into the den of thieves again. In order to rescue Oliver, the kind-hearted female pickpocket Nancy reported to Brown, regardless of the surveillance and threats of the pickpocket leader, saying that Oliver was the son of his long-awaited old friend...

"Petro Goriot" and "Eugenie Grandet" are Balzac's masterpieces. The basic theme of "Human Comedy" is reflected here, and its artistic style best represents Balzac's characteristics. The intertwining of the careerist's struggle for fame and wealth in "Old Man Goriot" and the desperate fatherly love of Goriot make the content of the novel even more bizarre and touching. "Eugénie Grandet" successfully created a cunning, greedy, stingy bourgeois typical, and through his fortune, highly summarized the history of the redistribution of social wealth and power after the French Revolution.

This book revolves around the story of Uncle Tom, a black slave who endured many hardships, and describes his experiences with those around him (all slaves and slave owners). This sentimental novel profoundly depicts the cruel nature of slavery; and believes that Christian love can overcome the harm caused by enslaving fellow human beings. The publication of this novel set off the climax of the abolition movement in the United States and played a great role in promoting the outbreak of the American Civil War. It has been translated into many languages ​​over the past 100 years and has had a profound impact on people around the world's fight against racial discrimination and their struggle for freedom and democracy.

A suspenseful urban novel with a strong sense of conflict between family and society. Men and women who want to unite need to face obstacles from all aspects. Shame, betrayal, and vows are all great tests of love. International mail is not slow. Three days later, he received an email from country M. The red string on the ring in her hand was not untied by her, but cut and removed with scissors. Holding the ring in his palm, he closed his eyes and couldn't move for a long time.

"The Moon and Sixpence" is a novel based on the deeds of the French post-impressionist painter Gauguin. The protagonist in the book, Strickland, was originally the manager of a securities company. He had a prosperous career, a gentle and virtuous wife, and well-behaved and lovely children. However, when he reached middle age, he suddenly responded to the call of his heart, abandoned his family and children, and went to Paris to engage in painting creation. Although poverty, hunger, and disease surrounded him, he took it calmly. Maugham deeply explores the contradictions and interactions between life and art in his novels.

Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) was an Indian poet, philosopher and Indian nationalist. In 1913, he became the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. His poems contain profound religious and philosophical insights. For Tagore, his poems are his gifts to God, and he himself is God's suitor. Tagore's poems enjoy epic status in India, including his representative works "Gitanjali", "Birds", "Sand in the Eyes", "Four People", "Family and the World", "The Gardener" and "The Last Psalm". This time I chose his "Gitanjali" and "Crescent Moon Collection".

"Shun Kotsho" is a collection of works by the Japanese literary master Junichiro Tanizaki, including "Shun Kotsho", "Praise of Shadows", "Various Travels" and "Weary Guests". "Shuncho" is Tanizaki Junichiro's masterpiece. It was published in 1933 and became a best-seller immediately. This novel is a classic of pure love novels. It tells the story of Sasuke, a man who came from his hometown in the countryside to work as an apprentice in a shop in Osaka, and fell in love with the beautiful and intelligent blind daughter Haruqin of his master's family. During the not-long period of getting along with her, he gave up almost everything that an ordinary man could give up, and instead led her by the way, took care of her daily life, and practiced shamisen with her. Later, her face was disfigured, and he immediately mutilated his eyes without hesitation... The other three articles included in this book are essays, all of which were included in the 1955 essay collection "In Praise of Shadows". Among them, "In Praise of Shadows" is regarded as Junichiro Tanizaki's masterpiece of literary essays, which concentratedly explains and displays his core aesthetic thoughts. "Various Travels" and "Weary of Visitors" are short, concise and lively writing, and are also his representative essays.

Humans live on the streets, tanukis crawl on the ground, and tengu fly in the sky. In the quaint Kyoto, humans, tanukis, and tengu stand on three pillars, turning the huge wheel of the city. The second act of the magnificent "Furball Story" begins! After the death of the great father, the mother and four useless sons continued to live a wonderful life. The eldest brother is running around to succeed the pseudo-emon; the second child challenges the tanuki shogi competition in the form of a frog; the third child is looking for wild mallet snakes and does not forget to mind the affairs of the tengu and humans; the fourth child is devoted to making pseudo-denden Byakuran in the laboratory. At this time, Tengu, the successor of Hongyu Teacher, returned to Kyoto, bringing an ambiguous and chaotic situation to the city. The battle of the century between the Tengu father and son, the shocking conspiracy in the tanuki world surrounding the successor to the pseudo-emon, and the appearance of humans who confuse the tanukis into flattering the Tengu... In order to protect the reputation of the Shimogamo family and protect the love in his heart, the "blood of fools" in Yasaburo's body is boiling - "Go stir up the waves and make the world more interesting!"

17 cross-era works, dream-core aesthetic experiments by world literary masters. "The Banshee" I went to Cowtown Manor to deliver the script, and John told the story of the Banshee. A mysterious woman's cries were heard outside the door. John heard the sound and went out, but never came back. There was only the remaining wailing in the night wind. "Dead Man" Martin, the weirdo who claims to be dead, is always laughed at, but Miss Wilton treats him differently. He prepared new clothes for her, and the two of them walked to the newly bought house - the "real estate agent" there sold cemeteries. "Master Stonesteel's Authentic Homemade Egyptian Mummy" Charlie felt that life in the small town was too boring, so Master Stonesteel took him to make a fake Egyptian mummy and buried it in the fields for others to "dig". When the town was boiling, they secretly moved the mummy - the show officially started...

"The Man Who Laughs" He was in desperate need of silence. But his relatives complained endlessly; the rain was pounding like drums, and he picked up the meat cleaver and remembered the incident that made them smile. After a while, behold! They all smiled! "How Do Dogs Die?" >>The Bentley family's dog passed away, and the whole family was grieving. They held a funeral for him, played old songs, and recalled the past. However, at this time, a familiar bark came from the back door. "Nowhere to Hide" The Webbs planned to cross the border by car, but their tires were punctured by machete fragments and the car was damaged. They were forced to abandon the car and walk into a hostile town.

This book is the sixth volume in the series "Collection of Edogawa Ranpo Mystery Masterpieces". "Black Lizard" is one of Edogawa Ranpo's full-length masterpieces. It tells the story of the battle of wits between the legendary female thief "Black Lizard" and detective Akechi Kogoro. The novel takes the abnormal and twisted criminal psychology as the core, and depicts the process of detective Akechi Kogoro's gradual growth into a famous detective through six cases. In the novel, the description of Black Lizard's criminal psychology is extremely impactful. His perverted behavior is intertwined with his obsession with love, showing complex human nature. "Black Lizard" involves profound descriptions of criminal psychology, such as the Black Angel's extreme pursuit of a beautiful girl and the tragic situation of the girl in the water tank, which is horrifying. The plot of the novel is confusing and full of suspense, showing Edogawa Ranpo's superb reasoning skills and deep insight into the dark side of human nature.