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A collection of Tolkien's classic novellas, including "Rolanden", "Farmer Giles of Ham Village", "The Blacksmith of Great Wooden", "Niger's Leaves", and the poetry collection "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil". One of them, "Niger's Leaves," is autobiographical and represents Tolkien's own "inner book" and the source of art. It gave birth to works such as "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings": giants, fire dragons, knights, wizards, spell duels, elves, princesses, fairyland, hobbits... Elements from "Tolkien's Fantasy Universe" have appeared one after another. Enter Tolkien's fantasy world and read "Niger's Leaves" first!

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"The Count of Monte Cristo" tells the story of a young sailor, Edmond Dantes, who was exposed and persecuted. After escaping from prison, he changed his name to the Count of Monte Cristo to avenge his kindness. Dantès, the young first mate of the "Pharaoh", was entrusted by the captain to deliver a letter to the Napoleonic party before his death. He was framed by three despicable villains and put on death row, depriving him of the beautiful sunshine, love and future that should have belonged to him. Eighteen years later, he escaped from prison with the secret told to him by his fellow prisoner, the priest Faria, before he died. After finding the treasure, he became extremely rich. From then on, he changed his name to the Count of Monte Cristo. After careful planning, he repaid his benefactor and punished his enemy.

The Chinese-Japanese historian has compiled the current general history of China and written down the glory and gloom of five thousand years in the style of a mystery novel. "Chinese History Chronicles", formerly known as "China Five Thousand Years", is the masterpiece of Chen Shunchen, a well-known Chinese historical writer in Japan. It has been best-selling in Japan for more than 30 years. The work takes the rise and fall of dynasty power as a clue, writes about the decisive moments and shining figures in Chinese history with magnificent pen and ink, combines mystery novels with historical themes, lays out historical details and approaches the truth in sorting out the historical context. The Shang Dynasty, where gods and men danced together, the Zhou Dynasty, which was humanistic and pragmatic, the Song Dynasty, which favored literature over martial arts, and the Ming Dynasty, which was overtly profit-oriented... Dynasties with very different personalities are taking turns to appear on paper, ready to come out, showing the glory and gloom of Chinese history from ancient times to modern times. Chen Shun-chen, "Japan's first person on Chinese historical subjects", uses the power of mystery novels, cold literary style, and solid and rich historical materials to integrate the mixed knowledge of history, archeology, and philology to create a general history of China that is both elegant and popular, and full of interest.

"The Complete Essays of Bacon" is a collection of essays written by the British philosopher and writer Francis Bacon. It mainly contains some short essays of an argumentative nature, involving politics, economy, religion, love, marriage, friendship, art, education, ethics and other aspects. Among them, "On Reading", "On Truth", "On Jealousy" and "On Death" have concise language, beautiful writing style, thorough reasoning and repeated aphorisms. They contain the essence of Bacon's thoughts and are Bacon's representative works in literature. This book has lasted four hundred years and remains immortal, reflecting the author's thorough understanding of human life and providing life inspiration to many future generations and scholars. The author uses his keen insight and unique insights into life to make the originally boring theory vivid and interesting, making it fascinating for readers to read.

One day in February, a stranger, wrapped in bandages, walked into a hotel in a small town despite a snowstorm. He works during the day and goes out at dusk. Even in a warm room, he wears a coat and huge goggles, and is wrapped up tightly. At the same time, strange things happened one after another in the town: there were always sneezing sounds in the open space, the pastor's house was burglarized, and the tables and chairs in the hotel suddenly floated in the air; the curious town residents talked a lot, and all the fingers were pointed at strangers...

One day in 1894, people suddenly observed a strong light on the bright side of Mars. This phenomenon was first discovered by the famous Lick Observatory in the United States, followed by the Nice Observatory in France, and subsequently many observers witnessed this phenomenon. On August 2 of the same year, the authoritative science magazine "Nature" brought this news to the UK. Just before midnight on the 12th, an extraterrestrial "meteor" hit the earth, and human history was about to change!

All thoughts on the kidnapping of human beings by technology start with "Frankenstein"! Recognized as the first science fiction novel in literary history! Selected as one of BBC's five most influential novels in history; selected as one of BBC's 100 Classics, ranking higher than "One Hundred Years of Solitude". 200Th anniversary edition published! Brand new translation, not a word has been deleted! The author's handwritten manuscripts and first edition covers are all included! In the history of human literature, "Frankenstein" is the first literary reflection on science. It foresees the alienation of humans by technology and is recognized as the world's first science fiction novel. A monster born from a crazy experiment, a crazy revenge and hunt... The competition between technology and humanity has finally begun!

A giant spaceship is about to go to an alien planet, and nearly 10,000 Earthlings have been recruited to board the ship to take care of daily tasks. This is a closed society, a small city. "I" is a self-aware supercomputer responsible for managing the ship. "I" is everywhere, and at the same time, "I" is extremely contemptuous of human beings and is unwilling to play the role of human tools. "I" believes that the message sent from the universe summoning humans to go to the destination planet is not actually sent to humans, but to another kind of super intelligence higher than humans, that is, "I". The novel begins with how "I" calmly murder a man. The "I" who monitors everything commits murders, then reports the crime, and then participates in the investigation as the main control computer of the spacecraft... This is a battle between the human brain and the computer, which reveals an astonishing conspiracy related to the ultimate fate of the entire human race...

As the first general history of the world written by a famous author who is both a writer and a historian, "Outline of World History" narrates the history from the origin of life on earth to the end of the First World War, achieving the perfect combination between historical reality and literary imagination. Since its publication, it has been highly praised by history experts and history enthusiasts around the world for nearly a hundred years.

"Artificial intelligence also has the imagination of artificial intelligence." "Oh?" "What we have is the imagination to see into the future."

On a distant planet, dinosaurs evolved intelligence equivalent to humans and created a dinosaur society. These dinosaurs named "Quintaglio", like the Tyrannosaurus rex on the earth, have a strong sense of territory. Individuals must keep a certain distance from each other. Too close will cause fighting; and once the craze for slaughter spreads, the whole society will join in, and civilized cities will turn into slaughterhouses in the blink of an eye. The dinosaurs are usually polite and polite, making readers completely think that the characters in the book are exactly the same as humans. But suddenly, these characters reveal their nature as carnivorous hunters, tearing their companions apart. The novel takes Afse, an astronomy apprentice, as the protagonist. He is both a hunter who is proficient in fighting and an intelligent and keen wise man. Using his newly invented telescope, he discovered the truth about the dinosaur world: they lived on an ordinary satellite. What's even more frightening is that this satellite is on the verge of destruction!

A scientific experiment that ultimately points to the exploration of faith in the human soul. Three simulated personalities operate a conspiracy to murder human beings on the Internet. As the initiator of the experiment, how can Peter Hobson clear his name? More importantly, how to remove copies of oneself-simulated personality-from the world? A game with myself begins...

Griffin is a crazy scientist. Just like numerous disasters caused by crazy scientists, Griffin conducted a thorough study of optics and biology and created a drug that can make people invisible. He thoroughly enjoyed the benefits of the drug. No one can see him, no one can stop him. He can kill, steal, and subvert the entire world... Until the cold winter comes, people can become invisible, but clothes cannot...

"If you were not selected as a pilot, would you have any other goals?" "No. I am a component of the aircraft. I have no other choice but to be a pilot."

Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro's most touching science fiction novel to date has been selected into Douban's top 10 science fiction novels! "1984" Is a film in the era of bioengineering. Through the memories of human clones and layers of suspense, it shows turbulent and powerful emotions and reflects on the meaning of life. "Never Lose, Never Forget" is one of the masterpieces of Kazuo Ishiguro, the winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize for Literature. In Hailsham School, deep in the English countryside, three good friends, Kathy, Ruth and Tommy, grew up here. They were carefully cared for by their tutors and received a good education in poetry and art. However, Hailsham, which seems like a paradise, hides many secrets. After the three Caseys grew up, they gradually discovered that the beautiful growth process in their memories was full of confusion and terrifying questions that could not be traced... "Don't Lose, Never Forget" is a science fiction novel with a dystopian color. It was shortlisted for the 2005 Booker Prize and the American Book Critics Circle Award. It was remade into a movie of the same name in 2010, starring British actress Keira Knightley. It was remade into a 10-episode Japanese drama in 2016, starring Haruka Ayase and Haruma Miura.

"The Surprise at the First Moment" is a collection of Chinese novels written by Ling Shuchu in the late Ming Dynasty. It was officially written in 1627 (the seventh year since tomorrow) and published by Shang Youtang Bookstore in 1628 the following year. "The Surprise at the First Moment" is a collection of novels created to imitate the story-telling novels, and most of its themes are taken from predecessors. The content of the book is relatively complex, with different ideological tendencies. It mainly includes works that describe businessmen's thoughts, actions, fate, and works that describe marriage and love. Most of them come from the writings of previous generations, but after Ling Shuchu's re-creation, they also express the social reality and atmosphere of the times in the late Ming Dynasty to a certain extent, and are imbued with Ling's own ideas and cynicism.

"Hard Times" is Dickens's masterpiece and one of the more influential novels in the 19th century. Gregorian is a member of Parliament and a so-called "educator". He prides himself on advocating a set of education methods that suppress human nature. The wealthy businessman Bounderby regards himself as a self-made success. They share the same values ​​- utilitarianism as the principle of life, and together they control the economic system and educational institutions of the town. It is precisely based on the "down-to-earth" education method and the "valuing reality" life principle that Gregorian's daughter Louisa was eventually forced to marry Bounderby, who was more than thirty years older than her, while her son Tom became a prodigal son with dissolute behavior; it was also because of the "based on reality" utilitarian life principle that Bounderby even abandoned his biological mother and pretended to be an orphan in order to brag about being self-made, and ultimately ended up being betrayed and separated from his relatives.

"Walden" records Thoreau's secluded life on the shores of Walden Pond near Concord from 1845 to 1847. In his writing, nature, humanities and transcendentalist ideals blend together seamlessly. This book was called a "supernatural" book by Eliot and was also hailed as a book that "shapes the readers' hearts".

Alain de Botton, British best-selling author. He is good at using small metaphors to describe big things, exemplifying daily trivial matters and explaining life philosophy. Use simplicity to control complexity, add color at will, and lead people to draw inferences. His writing is euphemistic and elegant, concise and elegant, and captures the interest of classical British prose. "The Charm of Boring" is a collection of essays with concise language and deep writing style. It tries to find the theme of happiness among the details and smiles. De Botton has always pursued how sadness can become happiness, how airports can become scenery, how boredom can become charming, and how happiness can be harvested in unexpected places. With his rich imagery and overflowing talent, de Botton blends sensibility and rationality, random thoughts and philosophical thoughts. Readers may use the brilliant writings of British talents to adjust their mentality, change their horizons, relieve the pressure of life, and realize the true meaning of life.

This book is the sequel to "Brooklyn" and continues Alice's life after she married Tony, had children, and moved to Long Island. Their relationship is in crisis, and Alice returns home to Ireland, unwilling to raise Tony's illegitimate child with his affair partner. There, she reunited with her old best friend Nancy and her old lover Jim, but she didn't know that the two had already planned to get married. Jim and Alice's old love rekindles, and the story becomes more complicated... The story is narrated alternately from the perspectives of the three protagonists, and characters from the "Enniscorthy Universe" appear in turn. The entire story revolves around love, family and personal choices, profoundly depicting the complexity of human nature and the multifaceted nature of emotions.

"Confessions of a Mask" is Mishima Yukio's first novel. It is like a young man's eloquent reminiscences and "is a perfect fictional book of confessions." This work was hailed by Kawabata Yasunari as "the hope of the 1950s" and established Mishima's literary status.

Select representative chapters from "Insects", which is a literary work rich in knowledge, interesting beauty and philosophy. Its writing is fresh, natural and interesting, its tone is relaxed and humorous, and its fact-based storyline has twists and turns. The author integrates the colorful life of insects with his own life insights, and looks at insects with human nature.

"Old Baldy" tells the story of a deacon taming a cow. In "Brown Wolf", his wife Madge and her husband Owen take in a hungry stray dog ​​and name it Wolf. They try their best to please Wolfe, but what they often get in return is hostility and vigilance. After Wolfe has eaten and drank enough, he will run all the way north, but he is found again every time. One day, Wolfe disappeared again. After March and Owen find Wolfe, they meet Wolfe's old owner, Skiff Miller. Both parties have a deep affection for the dog, and neither one is willing to give up the dog. In the end, they decided to respect Wolfe's own choice...

In 1963, 23-year-old unmarried Anne Ernault discovered she was pregnant. Shame hit her like a plague, she understood that her pregnancy would make her and her family losers in society, and she knew she could not keep the child. Forty years later, Erno wrote this story about a trauma she never overcame. In France, where abortion was illegal at the time, she tried to take matters into her own hands with a knitting needle, but to no avail. In fear and despair, she finally found an underground doctor, but ended up being sent to the hospital emergency room and almost died. In "The Incident", Ernault combs through her memories and clearly and accurately unearths the social significance of this special experience as a woman.

Based on an uncomplicated love story, many interesting and exquisite thoughts about love are based on it, giving people space to think deeply and resonate. With the appearance of Eric, love hits Alice. She abandons her independence and embraces passion, sweetness, and love; she humiliates herself and ignores Eric's self-centeredness of greed and cowardly commitment. But love still exists, but romance will eventually overdraw one day. At this time, Philip's appearance makes her fascinated again... When a woman falls in love with a man, it is often not the man she falls in love with, but love. With the appearance of Eric, love hits Alice. She abandons her independence and embraces passion, sweetness, and love; she humiliates herself and ignores Eric's self-centeredness of greed and cowardly commitment. But love remains the same, but romance will eventually overdraft. At this time, Philip's appearance makes her heart moved again... Therefore, falling in love is not as good as falling in love with romance; this is every woman's story.

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In this book, Margaret Atwood dissects key questions that have long plagued many writers. She reviewed her childhood and writing trajectory, using personal experience as a mirror to examine the various metaphors novelists and poets use to explain their creative activities, the costumes writers have historically worn, the "talent" required for writing, the conditions for obtaining such "talent", the relationship between writers, social and political power and readers, etc. She quoted extensively and eclectically, talking about a large number of living and deceased writers, as well as a lot of anecdotes from the Canadian and international literary circles. Underneath her relaxed and humorous writing style is her serious attitude towards the purpose and pleasure of writing, as well as her familiarity and deep understanding of the Western literary tradition.

This book selects 39 short stories and short stories by the famous French writer Maupassant, including "Ball of Suet", "My Uncle Jules", "The Necklace" and other immortal masterpieces. The content is rich and colorful, and the structure is ingenious and moving.

This is a bright and sad story on the Aegean Sea. Well-known British writer and best-selling author of "The Island", Victoria Hyslop's latest collection of short stories includes ten works. The book contains cheese-like sunsets, amber seas, and touching stories that are enough to touch and nourish the coldest heart.

In broad daylight, a businessman was kidnapped on the streets of New York's Upper East Side, and a miniature noose used for hanging was left at the scene. A nine-year-old girl was the only witness to the crime. This case is full of doubts and requires the intervention of the highest level criminal investigation experts. Criminal investigation experts Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs were ordered to investigate. Soon, the case took an even stranger turn: a video surfaced of the victim being slowly choked. The struggling gasps became the background sound of a strange music. The author of the video claimed to be a composer... Despite the best efforts of the police to solve the case, the suspect escaped. So when a similar kidnapping occurs on a dusty road outside Naples, Italy, Rhyme and Sachs don't hesitate to join the hunt.

The second time I took the train to the island village where I met the geisha Komako, and when I was enjoying the snowy scenery at dusk, I accidentally saw the beautiful girl Ye Zi reflected on the train window, and I fell in love with her. Subtle emotional entanglements pass through the long tunnel across the border, lingering in the snowy country. "Snow Country" is Kawabata Yasunari's highest masterpiece and one of the three novels mentioned by the Nobel Prize jury. It not only adheres to the traditional aesthetics of emptiness and silence since "The Tale of Genji", but also explores the deep and secret psychological consciousness of human nature. It also explores important topics such as fate, and uses extremely subtle and implicit poetic language, beautiful imagery and breaks the boundaries of time and space. The writing presents a profound and extensive picture of life in minimalist length, characters, and plots, allowing the original love and loneliness of human nature to reflect each other, bringing strong sensory stimulation, and at the same time, it reaches the extreme of the beauty of nothingness, purity, and sadness.

"Laughter in the Dark" is a black allegory parodying melodrama by the novelist Nabokov. It was written in Berlin in 1932 under the title "Camera Obscura" and published in Paris and Berlin. It was translated into English by Way Loy in 1936 and published in London under its original name. In 1938, it was significantly revised and re-translated by Nabokov himself and published in New York under the name "Laughter in the Dark". The novel imitates the kind of cheap love triangle stories popular in movies in the 1920s and 1930s. It uses the movie as its title at the beginning to introduce the relationship between the main characters. The actor Obinus wants to use the new technique of animation to "animate" the paintings of ancient masters, and proposes to cooperate with the caricature painter Rex. Obinas fell in love with the theater usher Margot at first sight. Margot, who was "obsessed with watching movies," dreamed of becoming a movie star. When she was convinced that he belonged to a class that could "provide the conditions for her to be on stage and screen," she decided to associate with him. The banquet hosted by Obinas to entertain the stars creates an opportunity for Margot to reunite with her former lover Rex, thus forming a triangle relationship until the novel ends in tragedy.

"Selected Short Stories of Maupassant" is a collection of representative works of Maupassant in various periods, including "Ball of Suet", "The Necklace", "My Uncle Jules" and other classic works. In Maupassant's works, there are the urban bottom characters who are kind-hearted but are exploited and spurned by hypocritical decent people, the vain girl Mathilde who worked hard all her life for a fake necklace, and a family who were distorted by money and abandoned their family ties... These works represent Maupassant's outstanding achievements in short story creation, and are still of awakening significance in today's era.

"Tess" is one of Hardy's important masterpieces. The novel takes the experiences of the heroine Tess as the main line, describing the conflict between the beautiful poetic image and the surrounding gloomy reality. It vividly describes the disintegration of the small-scale peasant economy after capitalism invaded the British countryside at the end of the 19th century and the painful process of individual farmers heading towards poverty and bankruptcy. Through the description of the double persecution suffered by a pure woman both mentally and physically, it reveals the rich and profound spiritual world of a woman, and boldly and ruthlessly exposes and accuses the laws, religion, ethics, marriage system and the essence of capitalism in capitalist society.

Goethe (1749-1832), a German literary giant. "The Sorrows of Young Werther" is his most important early work. This is an epistolary novel, and the author was only twenty-five years old when he wrote it. The novel describes the experiences and feelings of progressive young people about the despicable German society at that time, and expresses the author's reaction to the feudal moral hierarchy and his strong demand for individual liberation: the young Werther fell in love with a girl named Lotte, who was already engaged to someone else. The setback in love made Werther devastated. Later, Werther committed suicide because he was incompatible with feudal society and felt that his future was hopeless. "The Sorrows of Young Werther" came out in 1775. Its publication was considered an epoch-making event in the history of German literature; it shocked the hearts of an entire generation of young people in Germany and even Europe.

This book mainly tells the story of the Taira family headed by Taira Kiyomori. The first six volumes describe the prosperity and arrogance and arrogance of the Taira family; the last seven volumes focus on describing the battle between the two great samurai groups of Genpei, exaggerating the tragic ending of the Taira family's eventual annihilation. The book quotes a considerable number of Chinese classics. It was once performed vividly by Master Pipa from Japan. The author mainly focuses on the two periods of the Taira family (the Taira Kiyoshi period and the Taira clan's prosperous period), and describes after the Homoto Rebellion and the Heiji Rebellion. The whole article is mainly in the form of a history book, in which the author adds his views on many events, forming a structure in which the author is looking for the reasons for the decline of the Taira clan as the main clue. This book is a hardcover version with color illustrations and inserts.

The novel describes the protagonist's life of struggle, from the awakening of his musical talent as a child, to his contempt and resistance to the powerful in his youth, to his career pursuit and success as an adult, and finally to the lofty state of spiritual tranquility. It is a novel that reflects a series of contradictions and conflicts in real society through the life experience of the protagonist, and promotes humanitarianism and heroism.

"Jude the Obscure" is the last novel written by British writer Thomas Hardy, published in 1895. The novel narrates the tragedy of the life of rural young Jude in a tragic tone. Jude was studious, thoughtful and diligent in self-study, but he was always rejected from the university. The heroine Shu is smart and beautiful, and more importantly, has an independent personality and thoughts, and despises secularity and rigid religion. However, her love with Jude is not tolerated by the church and despised by the world. Jude's ambition was unrewarded, he had no way to find a job, and he had no way to borrow money. In despair, his eldest son hanged together with his weak sister and younger brother. Shu suffered this tragic change and finally succumbed to fate and the church. She left her beloved Jude, and her free thoughts and independent personality were destroyed. Jude, on the other hand, indulged in drinking all day long, became depressed and became ill, and died of resentment before he reached thirty.

This book tells the story that the story took place four to five hundred years ago, when the age of chivalry in Europe was over. However, the protagonist of the book, Mr. Don Quixote, became obsessed with reading chivalry novels and became obsessed with it. He found the armor, spears and shields that his great-grandfather had used, dressed up as a knight, and rode out to travel around the world. He believed that he was the greatest knight in history, and he was dedicated to eradicating violence and fighting injustice for the people and the country. He was not afraid of hardship and strong enemies, and fought bravely and tenaciously against the monsters he thought were monsters...

"How Steel Was Tempered" is a novel written by the former Soviet writer Nikolai Ostrovsky, written in 1933. By narrating the growth path of Paul Korchagin, the novel tells people that only when a person defeats the enemy and himself in the hardships of the revolution, and only when he connects his pursuit with the interests of the motherland and the people, can he create miracles and grow into a steel warrior.

This is a literary review written in the form of essays, and it is also a book of Maugham's insights into reading and philosophy. When you open this book, you will be stunned by the little-known sides of the top ten literary giants: Dostoevsky, whom everyone admires, was addicted to gambling and liked to advance manuscript fees but did not submit manuscripts on time; Balzac was vain and flashy, and often owed money. Not to return; Jane Austen's tacky clothes and low taste... Maugham's almost ruthless and bloody comments about the great masters are not intended to sensationalize, but to present their truest and most human side to the readers. In Maugham's words, "Knowing what kind of person the author is can help you better understand the author's works." Maugham not only told the personalities, hobbies and life experiences of the ten writers, but also introduced ten great novels. Once opened, you will enter a rich and wonderful world of literature.

Junichi Watanabe's classic novel is introduced in China for the first time! The love observation diary of a female bar owner, a compulsory story course on "Watanabe style" love, and a romantic analysis of gains and losses in the interaction between the sexes. The main stage of this collection of works is the bar of "Wednesday Morning", around which seven interesting stories unfold. The fates of the main characters are overlapping and presented here. It can be said that the bar radiates various love scenes and story processes, making each fragment of the work constitute an organically connected love scene, which is colorful and colorful, making people overwhelmed. This freely contracting and majestic artistic conception is a wonderful reflection of the author's ingenuity and uncanny craftsmanship. The "Wednesday Morning" pub in Akasaka, Tokyo is like a stage, where seven intertwined and mutually extending love stories are staged one after another.

Grandpa and Noah sat on a bench in the square, sharing their obsession with math and numbers. Every day, the walk home becomes longer and longer, and everything around me becomes blurry. Grandpa knew that his memories were gradually passing away, and he could only hold Noah's hand tightly, hoping to make Noah disappear in the end. Sometimes sitting next to Grandpa is his son Ted. Ted doesn't like math and only likes writing and guitar. Throughout his life, he has been waiting for his father to accompany him, encourage him and recognize him. The forgotten things are remembered again, the resentful ones are finally forgiven, and we miss someone who is still alive. We should all learn how to say goodbye.

"Selected Novels and Novels by Mark Twain" selects thirty-five of the author's most popular works and arranges them in chronological order. These works are extensive in content and profound in meaning, and each one is full of humorous satire.

It records a woman's passionate confession at the end of her life in the form of a letter, telling her love for a man since childhood and never asking for a response throughout her life, and expressing the pathos and determination of a secret love.

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"Rain" is the first volume of "The Complete Collection of Maugham's Short Stories", which contains a total of 12 short stories. These stories take place in different corners of the world, such as Samoa, Tahiti, Hawaii and the Mediterranean Riviera in the South Pacific, and are full of suspense. The complex human nature and the unknowable life are vividly revealed under Maugham's sharp writing. He conveys the themes of modernism - loneliness, absurdity and disillusionment - through realist techniques and fascinating stories. This is a distinctive feature that distinguishes him from other writers. No wonder people call him "the most talented writer who knows how to tell stories."

"Loving Life" consists of a series of 12 representative northern story short stories by Jack London. Including "Love of Life", "Northern Odyssey", "Wisdom on the Road", "A Piece of Steak", etc. These stories take place near the North Pole, where cold is its most striking feature. The weather is cold, the ground is cold, life is cold, and even his words are cold, so he writes about the hardness and toughness of life and human nature. The Arctic, gold rush, Indians, and exploration combine to form a spectacular picture, a magnificent wilderness scene. What we see is the fragile life and tenacious strength.