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How did a family governed by inaction create a wise and interesting novelist? A Barnes-esque autobiography, candid, poignant and humorous. "Nothing to Fear" is an exploration of family memories and a recollection of the creative and ideological process. Reading this work, you can get a glimpse of the prototype of all of Barnes' classic works. "My brother questions the fundamental authenticity of memory, and I question the way we render memory." "Nothing to Fear" is Barnes's family memoir. It not only contains the conceptual confrontation between him and his brother, who is a professor of philosophy, but also an exploration of the family's past. It is not only a sorting and recollection of his thoughts on death and immortality, God and self, time and memory, but also a collective tribute to the writers and artists he admires. Although Barnes solemnly warns readers that "this is not my autobiography," this work still presents us with the ideological context of the author's creative career, from which we can clearly identify the shadows of all classic works such as "Flaubert's Parrot", "The Sense of the End", and "The Noise of Time".

The sound of the river is mighty, the bells are ringing again... Romain Rolland has composed a majestic epic full of passion and vitality with the vast chapters of the ocean. "John Christophe" uses the life course of the protagonist Christophe to describe how a resolute soul defeats his inner enemies and moves from childishness to maturity; it also describes how a talented musician resists the hypocritical society and resists morbid art. It is not only an epic of Christophe's personal spirit, but also a musical epic, a portrayal of the spiritual journey of thousands of people, and an immortal classic that has inspired generations of people at home and abroad. As Romain Rolland himself said, it is the "spiritual testament" of an era.

The book is a collection of essays written by the author in the "Weekly Modern" column from 1993 to 1994. The content brings together the author's thoughts on Japanese politics, economy, society, education, medical care, marriage and love status, and other aspects. With sharp vision, novel perspective, popular language and fluent translation, it leads readers to experience the joys, sorrows and joys of life, and appreciate the colorful world. From it, they can gain a glimpse of the real state of Japanese society and ideological trends in the 1990s.

The work of global best-selling author x lifestyle leader x speaker Alain de Botton has a new preface specially written by de Botton for Chinese readers. Host Liu Xuan, cartoonist Ouyang Yingji, writers Zheng Huajuan and Lu Yujia jointly recommended it. The airport was originally just a transitional space during travel, where only "departures" and "arrivals" occurred. However, in the eyes of Alain de Botton, it has become a museum integrating various cultural aspects. One summer, Alain de Botton was invited to be the "first writer-in-residence" at Heathrow International Airport in the United Kingdom. He can get to know passengers from all over the world and interview all kinds of people, including security personnel, pilots, CEOs, and even airport chaplains; he can also enter and exit the departure hall, arrival hall, airport restricted area and airport hotel at will. In the familiar and mysterious "non-place" of the airport, De Botton uses his unique perspective to explore and observe the wonder and vulgarity... A week later, De Botton wrote this extraordinary cross-border cultural and creative work with his consistent writing style that combines humor and wisdom. He explores travel, work, relationships, and the nature of everyday life, showing us that spending time in an airport can be more enlightening than we give it credit for.

At the end of March 1845, Thoreau came to Walden Pond, started to build a cabin, and moved in on July 4, the American Independence Day. He also planted a small piece of land by the lake to maintain a minimum life. While observing the animals and plants in the forest, listening to the revelations of nature, he was engaged in reading and writing. Thoreau wrote "Walden" based on what he saw, heard and thought at Walden Pond. The manuscript was revised seven times in seven years. The first edition of the book was titled "Walden, or Life in the Woods." However, from the second edition onwards, the author only retained the title "Walden." "Walden" not only vividly describes the author's independent and leisurely life in the forest, but also contains introspection and criticism of the human value system at every turn, making people feel as if they have found a pure land of the soul after reading it, and their spirit has been sublimated. This book has been called one of the "Ten Wonderful Books That Shape the American Character."

"Praise to the Shadow" is a collection of prose essays by Junichiro Tanizaki, a master of Japanese aesthetic literature. It contains six beautiful essays: "Praise to the Shadow", "Speaking of Laziness", "Love and Pornography", "Weary of Visitors", "Variety of Travel" and "Odds of the Toilet", all of which are Tanizaki's representative works. Among them, the opening work "Praise to the Shadow" is the most famous and can be called a literary classic showing Eastern aesthetics.

Travels in France and Belgium is a collection of letters and notes written by Hugo during his travels in France and Belgium, as well as the Alps and Pyrenees. The author traveled through famous cities and countryside, lingered in ancient buildings, churches and museums, explored countless castle ruins, and described the beautiful mountains and rivers, the morning light and the setting sun, the mist-filled valleys, and the rough sea. In these accounts, the poet Hugo presented the unparalleled magnificence of nature with his rich historical knowledge and cosmic awareness, extraordinary imagination and keen observation.

"Pillow" is a landmark masterpiece in the history of Japanese literature, a literary miracle book that has been passed down for thousands of years. Written around 1000 AD, it was the first of Japanese essay literature, and together with The Tale of Genji, it is the "twin gems of Heian period literature". "Pillow" can clearly and directly lead readers to understand the delicacy and beauty of Japanese literature, as well as the aesthetic taste in Japanese culture. The book has a total of 305 paragraphs, divided into three major contents: clustering, diary and reflections.

"La Traviata" begins with the author's own narrative. At the auction of the famous prostitute Margaret's belongings, Dumas bought a novel signed with Armand's name. A few days later, Armand came to see him and wanted to buy the book back with a large sum of money, but Dumas generously gave it to him. Armand told him the touching story of his true love with Margaret, the Lady of the Camellias. The language of "La Traviata" is fluent and gives people a real and natural feeling. The book has also been adapted into plays and operas, which have a long history.

The British genius Alain de Botton has the critical depth of Milan Kundera and the deconstructive temperament of Roland Bartel; however, he has a more three-dimensional love thinking than Kundera, and is more attuned to the love nerves of lovers than Bartelle, activating people's new reading experience. This book is a detailed and vivid record of the love process that combines rationality and sensibility. It faithfully records all the details of the relationship with your girlfriend, especially the psychological and philosophical thoughts. The text is vivid and full of wit. It is not only a great pleasure to read, but also makes you endlessly memorable after reading it.

"The Three Musketeers" is a story about justice and ideals. D'Artagnan, a rural boy from a grassroots background, went to Paris to join the army with the dream of becoming a musketeer. By mistake, he became life-and-death friends with three legendary musketeers of the King's Guard, practicing the knight's declaration of "everyone for one, one for everyone." In order to thwart the conspiracy of the villain Cardinal, the Musketeers brothers, who are resourceful, brave and each with their own strengths, embarked on a thrilling adventure...

The character of Carmen comes from the writings of the 19th-century French writer Mérimée. Her alluring charm is world-famous and she is regarded as one of the most mythical female characters in the West. This book also includes nine short stories and short stories, including "The Vision of Charles XI" and "The Capture of the Bastion".

"Letter from a Strange Woman" is a collection of novels by the famous Austrian writer Zweig, which includes 9 masterpieces of novellas such as "Letter from a Strange Woman" and "Forgotten Dreams". Among them, "Letter from a Strange Woman" was evaluated by Gorky as "an astonishing masterpiece". The writing style of the whole book is clear and delicate, with passionate emotion in the silence and pathos in the writing.

This book is a classic in postmodernist literature. It has a unique position in the history of 20th-century literature in the United States and the world. It has caused huge controversy in the West. Some people call it the pinnacle of contemporary literature, while others think it is a rhyme that "predicts the end of the world." The plot of this masterpiece is complex, and the dream-like fantasy is full of confusing and intricate cross-relationships, various, weird and messy narratives, specious discussions, and descriptions of physics, rocket engineering, advanced mathematics, psychology, international politics, and abnormal sex. The background of the novel is the Second World War. German V-2 rockets frequently attacked London. The British and American intelligence agencies discovered that the place where an American intelligence officer had sex was often the landing point of the rocket. They studied this phenomenon, which attracted and implicated many people and events. The central image of the novel is the rocket. The so-called "gravity rainbow" refers to the parabolic arc formed after the rocket is launched. The author also uses it to symbolize death and the inevitable trajectory of modern civilization towards destruction.

Throughout the ages, female characters in narratives have been either beautiful and kind, or ugly and vicious. The silent queen in "Hamlet" and the extremely ugly and vicious sister in "Cinderella". When gender stereotypes become shackles, all Atwood has to do is untie, disrupt and reshape them. This time, Atwood is taking offense on behalf of offended women. I don't even have a name. All this time, I was just "that ugly sister", with the emphasis on the word "ugly". --Page 18 of this book

This is one of Balzac's many works. The book tells the love story of a young man named Albert Savaron who graduated from law. Albert Savaron fell in love with an Italian princess. In order to be worthy of the one he loved, he kept struggling. For more than ten years, he experienced intrigues in the world. Their love also withstood many tests, but they were eventually separated by others. Albert Savaron also abandoned the world and escaped into a monastery. In this novel, Balzac, who is famous for exposing moral decay, materialistic desires, and the evils of money, passionately eulogizes a pair of lovers who are outstandingly independent and fight tenaciously for true love in a society where love has become a slave to money, and composes a shocking and pure love song.

The four daughters of the March family have very different personalities and have built their own "castles in the air": Meg, who is steady and dignified, dreams of becoming a good wife and mother, Joe, who loves art, is independent and free, Beth, who is quiet and well-behaved, loves to play the piano, and Amy, who is sweet and cheerful, longs to enter the upper class society. Girls will quarrel, be jealous, and shed tears of frustration; they have their own little secrets, but they are also each other's closest accomplices. Before Christmas comes, they are determined to work hard to become "little ladies" with strong self-esteem, stop losing their temper, put down their rebellion, overcome laziness, and become the pride of their parents. Life is poor and warm, and they gradually understand: to love and work in their youth.

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"The Temptation of Saint Anthony" is a novel with a dramatic form, narrating the legendary story of the medieval hermit Saint Anthony who was tempted by the devil.

A young pregnant woman of unknown origin collapsed on the street, and people sent her to a poor asylum. She died the next day after giving birth to a boy. The orphan was named Oliver Twist. Ten years later Oliver became an apprentice in a coffin shop. Unable to endure the abuse, he fled to the foggy London, where he unfortunately fell into the hands of a gang of thieves. The little orphan struggled in adversity, but fortunately he got help from kind people because of his kind nature. He saved the day from danger time and time again, and was finally reunited with his loved ones, and the truth about his mysterious origin was revealed.

"Eugénie Grandet" is a representative work of Balzac, the 19th-century French critical realist writer, the founder and outstanding representative of European critical realist literature. It is included in the "Provincial Life Scenes" of his masterpiece "The Human Comedy" and "Studies of Customs". It is regarded by the author and commentators as an outstanding picture in the "Human Comedy". This book is a classic translation by the famous translator Fu Lei. Balzac uses a network structure model, with Old Grandet as the center, and through the stories of Eugenie, Old Grandet, Charles, Crouch and others, he presents the French society in the first half of the 19th century in a three-dimensional and all-round way, and at the same time describes the diverse and complex characters. In the novel, there are Grandet who represents the stinginess, greed, cunning and coldness of the bourgeois nouveau riche; there is also the innocent and simple girl Eugenie who has abundant sympathy and love in the "kingdom of money"; and there is the dandy Charlie who sells his feelings and puts his interests first.

This book is the masterpiece of Italian writer Collodi, published in 1880. When the benevolent carpenter Pipano was sleeping, he dreamed of a blue angel giving life to his most beloved puppet, Pinocchio, and the little puppet began his adventure. If he is to become a real boy, he must pass the tests of courage, loyalty, and honesty. During the adventure, he skipped school out of fun, was deceived out of greed, and turned into a donkey. Finally, he fell into the belly of a big whale and unexpectedly met Pipano... After this adventure, Pinocchio finally grew up. He became honest, hardworking, and kind, and became a real boy. The work was adapted into an animated film by Disney in 1940.

Tom lost his mother when he was young and was adopted by his aunt. The smart and naughty Tom couldn't stand the control of his aunt and school teachers, and often skipped school and got into trouble. Late one night, while playing in a cemetery with his good friend Huckleberry Finn, he accidentally witnessed a murder. Fearing that the murderer would discover that they knew about it, Tom and Huckleberry fled to a desert island with another friend and became "pirates". The family thought they had been drowned, but they turned up at their own "funeral". After a fierce ideological struggle, Tom finally stood up bravely and testified against the murderer. Not long after, during a picnic, he and his beloved girl Betsy got lost in a cave. They were hungry and cold for three days and nights, and faced the threat of death...

A brain-burning version of "Robinson Crusoe", an erudite version of "Don Quixote", and an exquisite version of "The Three Musketeers". The whole story is a mixture of fiction and reality, a mixture of truth and falsehood, and is wonderful. In the hot summer of 1643, a merchant ship "Amaryllis" with a secret mission to find the location of the 180th longitude line was wrecked somewhere in the South Pacific. Roberto, the only survivor on the ship, was a young man who suffered from hypochondriasis, paranoia, photophobia, and could not swim. After being shipwrecked, he was washed aboard another abandoned ship, the Daphne. Roberto relied on the remaining food, fruits, vegetables, and poultry on the ship to survive. While waiting for death, he could only pass the time by writing love letters-and memories, which eventually evolved into novels. Through these writings, the author Eco explains to readers the first half of Roberto's life - the battle for the city of Casale that affected the whole of Europe (the Holy Roman Empire, France, Spain, and the Church all appeared), the spy wars between various countries for the purpose of seeking the secret of longitude, the fierce confrontation between faith and science in that century...

"Petro Goriot" is set in Paris from the end of 1819 to the beginning of 1820, and describes a thought-provoking story: the noodle merchant Goriot made his fortune by selling grain, but was abandoned by his daughter after raising him, and died tragically in the attic of the Voquet apartment; the young man Rastinana gradually embarked on a path of depravity under the corrosion of the upper class society in Paris. Old Man Goriot is both a pursuer of money and a victim of money worship. Before his death, he uttered a long howl intertwined with love and hate. It was a blood-and-tear indictment of the sins of money, and was hailed as the "eternal masterpiece."

"Crime and Punishment" is one of the masterpieces of Fyodor Dostoyevsky, the great Russian writer of the 19th century. The novel describes Raskolnikov, a poor college student who wanted to become a Napoleonic figure and believed that he was a superman. He was poisoned by anarchist ideas and forced by life. He killed the old landlady who was a loan shark and her innocent sister, and committed a murder that shocked the whole of Russia. After experiencing a painful confession, he finally surrendered under the persuasion of the Christian girl Sonia and was sentenced to exile in Siberia. The work focuses on the protagonist's mental state of being condemned by his conscience and feeling deeply lonely and fearful after committing a crime, and depicts his psychological changes before and after the crime. On the one hand, the novel depicts the miserable life of the lower class people in Russia and exposes the evils of aristocratic society; on the other hand, it also promotes the idea of ​​accepting one's fate and seeking liberation from religion.

Write to every lonely soul in the world! Using sharp words, it shows the original courage and strength of every life in the world. "The Call of the Wild" uses sharp words to show the original courage and strength of every life in the world. It writes about animals and talks about people. It is obviously literature, but it reads out the living world. A classic work of animal novels and a representative work of naturalism. One of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century, one of the 88 books that shaped America. This book collects Jack London's representative short stories and short stories - "The Call of the Wild", "White Teeth", "Love Life" and "To Make a Fire". The stories mainly take place in the extremely cold places in northwest Canada. The style is heroic and masculine, showing the original tenacity, courage and strength of life.

Kafka's five masterpieces of short and medium-sized novels will help you see the true face of human nature. "The Metamorphosis" (novella): One morning, Gregor woke up and found that he had turned into a giant insect. His superiors came to his home to urge him to go to work, but ran away when they saw his appearance. The mother was so frightened that she fainted and the father clenched his fists with hostility. Only the sister dared to take care of him... The family's life was turned upside down. "The Hungry Artist" (short story collection): Kafka's only collection of self-selected stories during his lifetime. Most of the protagonists in the story are artists: a trapeze artist who hangs alone on a hanging bar day and night, a starving artist in a cage, a female singer who has an enthusiastic audience but is not understood... They are extremely lonely artists, and they are also you and me who are unwilling to be mediocre.

The only reason you say race is not a barrier is because you wish it wasn't. We all hope that's not the case. But this is a lie. Ifemelu decides to move back to Nigeria even though she already has everything in the United States: a popular racial blog, a position as a researcher at Princeton University, and her boyfriend, a black professor who shares her views, is a decision that cannot be explained clearly. Immigration is the dream of all Nigerian young people, but when she came here she discovered that in addition to bills, identity, and language, skin color was the turbulent undercurrent hidden under everything. However, after returning to her hometown as a "Yankee", can she adapt to life in Nigeria again?

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"The Mysterious Island (Full Translation)\u002F National Reading Classic" is the third part of the famous science fiction trilogy by the French writer and "father of science fiction" Jules Verne. The novel describes the story of five Northern Army prisoners who escaped from Richmond in a balloon during the American Civil War. They encountered a storm and were thrown to a desert island in the Pacific Ocean. The plot of the whole novel is ups and downs, full of descriptions of strange and colorful nature, and it integrates various knowledge into the thrilling story. Therefore, although it has been published for more than a hundred years, it is still highly praised and loved by readers all over the world.

Facing the pressure from society and family, would you choose to marry the person you love or continue to wait for the right person? Katie, who is young, beautiful and vain, chose the former, but was captured by a smooth-talking married man soon after her marriage. She thought she had met true love, so she risked her life, like a moth to a flame. But when the veil is lifted, her illusions are shattered by the truth. For the first time in her life, she began to reflect and grow; perhaps, her mistakes and follies, and the misfortunes she suffered were not in vain, and would eventually lead her to find a way to inner peace. "The Veil" not only presents the bad aspects of love and marriage - betrayal, indifference, suspicion, revenge, but also the uneasiness and self-salvation in the face of life changes. If you understand "The Veil", you will understand yourself.

This book is one of Nabokov's lesser-known biographies. The author takes readers into Gogol's youth, looks through his early works, and provides detailed reviews of his collection of The Imperial Envoy and the first volume of Dead Souls. He also briefly reviews Gogol's most famous short story, "The Overcoat." In the book, Nabokov explores Gogol's unique writing style, using multiple fragments of his own translation to prove Gogol's impeccable prose. He emphasized not the plots of Gogol's works but their style, and successfully showed another side of Gogol, who was known for his satire.

A collection of systematically related personal memories spanning thirty-seven years (from August 1903 to May 1940), it is one of Nabokov's most important and famous works. It uses the precise language of a lepidopterist to observe the wonderful patterns on butterfly wings through a high-power magnifying glass and describe them, giving readers an extraordinary reading experience. Memory and review of the past often dominate Nabokov's novels, so this autobiography is an excellent code for interpreting his novels, because memory itself is a hidden bridge between fantasy and reality.

"The Rise of the Rougons" is the first volume of Zola's multi-volume masterpiece "The Rougon-Macquarts". It was serialized in "Le Temps" in 1970 and was later discontinued due to the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War. The book was officially published in France in October 1971. By describing the fate of several generations of the Lugon family, this book depicts all aspects of French life from Napoleon III's coming to power to the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, exposing the unpopularity of Napoleon III's coup and the abominable face of his supporters. The novel's depiction of characters and exploration of human nature are meticulous and profound.

Roland, the last "gunslinger" from "Middle World", travels through the wilderness to track down his mortal enemy, the Man in Black. On the way, he meets a beautiful lady, Alice, and a little boy from the human world, Jack. In the end, Roland met the man in black and drew seven tarot cards that predicted his future destiny. Soon he will face a painful choice: should he capture the man in black to obtain information about the "Dark Tower", or save the life of the little boy Jack?

Many years ago, three men who had never met each other encountered a fire in the same hotel and narrowly escaped death. Many years later, the three men unexpectedly reunited and entered a bizarre dream, transforming into warriors to fight against monsters. And the giant bird that guided them in the dream, the endless monsters, and the square filled with posters are all inextricably linked to the real crisis? Politicians, popular idols, and ordinary office workers co-starred in a fantastic adventure that traveled between reality and dreams!

Welcome to Iceland. Welcome to the end of the world, the end of the mind. In Iceland a hundred years ago, a boy who never had a name wrote letters day and night. He wrote to people he knew and to people he didn't know. Letters bring hope and reverie to people, slowly and irreversibly changing people's imagination of life... Some people travel far, some break up, some confess their feelings, some go to sea, and some wait in place. "We believe that some words can change the world, they can comfort us and dry our tears; some words are bullets; some words are violin notes; some words can melt the ice surrounding the heart."

"The Biography of Beethoven", "The Biography of Michelangelo", and "The Biography of Tolstoy" are all written by Romain Rolland. The three people in the biography, one is a musician, one is a sculptor and painter, and the other is a novelist, each has his or her own field. The three biographies all focus on recording the great genius on his troubled and troubled journey in life. A story about a man who dedicated his life to seeking truth and justice and creating immortal masterpieces that can express truth, goodness and beauty. They may be suffering from illness, be in a miserable situation, or be experiencing inner confusion and contradiction, or all three may be combined together. The deep distress can make people lose their mind or even suffocate. The reason why they can persist in their arduous journey depends entirely on their love and confidence in mankind. Beethoven's music for everyone to enjoy is his "joy in exchange for pain." The immortal masterpiece that Michelangelo left to future generations is the accumulation of his blood and tears throughout his life. In his novels, Tolstoy described the insignificance of thousands of creatures and their great hearts, described their pain and the harmony gained in pain, so as to spread the seeds of love.

"Only Love Strangers" is a highly skilled short novel, a masterpiece of the "Horrible Ian" period. It focuses on exploring the infinite possibilities of human desire and tells a story about how a pursuer of beauty destroys the object of beauty to death in order to satisfy his own desires. A pair of lovers who are inseparable but seem to be inseparable are on vacation. From the first day they entered this bustling but weird tourist city, they have been followed and secretly photographed. The eyes in the dark follow each other like a shadow, tempting the lovers to seek fresh excitement and solace from so-called strangers, and ultimately make them devote themselves wholeheartedly to a trap of lust and death that is deliberately set for them. The novel contains countless metaphors, is highly intertextual with many classic texts, and is full of meaningful quotations or parodies of Thomas Mann's "Death in Venice" and E. M. Forster's "A Room with a View." It is known as one of McEwan's two "mini-masterpieces."

"Everything must have both an entrance and an exit. There is no other choice." The second part of Haruki Murakami's "Youth Trilogy" is the beginning of Haruki Murakami's creative consciousness. Talk to the pinball machine and find the exit of your soul. In 1973, along with memories of college life and the passing of his college girlfriend Naoko, "I" graduated from college and made a living as an English translator. I met a pair of twin girls by chance, and then we went together to find a "pinball machine" in the bar where Rat and I often went three years ago. Finally, we found the legendary pinball machine stored there with dozens of other pinball machines in an old chicken farm warehouse. After being lost and found, he just left indifferently. Then "I" and the twin girls separated and returned to their own loneliness. At the same time, Rat, who dropped out of college three years ago and has lost his sense of reality, hangs out between the bar of the Japanese-Chinese hero and the apartment of his girlfriend who works in an architect's office. After some psychological struggle, he finally decided to leave his close friend Jie and his beloved girlfriend, pack his bags and stay away from his hometown. The major Chinese publishers of Haruki Murakami's works and translator Lin Shaohua have joined hands to present a new revised edition of Haruki Murakami's long-running series. In terms of design, we cooperated with the internationally renowned illustrator NomaBar. The three colors of black, white and red depict the subtle blur in Murakami's works between the square and the circle, and the overall presentation is both simple and classic. In terms of content, a lot of revisions have been made around foreign words, restoring the details of the author's intentional emphasis in the original version. Lin Shaohua updated the prefaces of the translations of many works, and made slight adjustments to some of the tone and expressions in the translations. The chronology of Haruki Murakami has been updated to the latest, and a music list is attached at the end of each book.

Martin Amis's unique masterpiece, ranked first in the "Sunday Times", describes the eternal love, desire and summer of young people. Unparalleled and ambitious excellence in English writing, brilliant and fearless alternative writing. A novel about sexual trauma, a vacation that "ruined Keith's twenty-five years of good life." In the summer of 1970, Keith, a 20-year-old nerd, a literature college student, and his friends were on vacation in a castle in Italy. At this time, new trends of thought were surging and in full swing. At this unprecedented historic moment, new trends of thought were flooding in. In everyone's mind, girls act like boys, and boys act like themselves. Keith is caught between the three women, and his friends are in a state of ecstasy, their true nature revealed but unresolved and unbearable. But they soon discovered a very disturbing fact, that is, in the change of social order, there will always be a threshold of purification, and this is the "pregnant widow" once described by the great Russian thinker Alexander Herzen - between the death of one and the birth of another, she will spend a long night of chaos and loneliness, struggling and being baptized.

"Pillow Grass", "Hojo Chronicles" and "Turancao" are considered as "Japan's Three Great Essays", and "The Tale of Genji" are combined as "Twin Jewels of Heian Literature", setting the precedent for Japanese essay literature. Seishonagon wrote down his experiences and experiences in the palace of the empress in the form of essays, including royal life, relationships between men and women, life experiences, mountains, rivers, flowers and plants, etc., All written in a sensitive and elegant way, which is fascinating and is recognized by Japanese academic circles as a model of essay literature. The works involve geographical features, vegetation, flowers and birds, inner emotions, and life interests, reflecting the author's delicate observation and aesthetic taste. Chen Dewen's translation is published for the first time in China.

This book collects 33 classic short stories in total that express his creative characteristics, such as "The Gift of the Magi", "The Police and the Hymn", "Devotion of Love" and "The Last Vine Leaf". His works have witty language, twists and turns in plots and unique style. He truly outlines all aspects of life with humorous strokes and presents us with the colorful social reality during the great changes in the United States. The joys, sorrows and joys of ordinary people, as well as the taste of life, are vividly reflected in his writings, vividly reflecting the tragic and embarrassing fate of a considerable number of people in the society at that time.

A total of more than 300 Chekhov's letters and essays have been selected and translated. Chekhov was modest by nature, did not like to talk eloquently, and rarely wrote critical articles. However, his views on literature and art, his observation of the world, and his evaluation of celebrities of his time are all scattered in letters and essays. Chekhov rarely expressed emotion in his personal letters. Instead, he complained about trivial matters, complained about lack of money, and ridiculed himself like ordinary people. He was seriously ill all year round, but rarely showed sadness; he loved nature, liked sledding, and raised a meerkat; he made various plans, such as planting 60 cherry trees and 80 apple trees, and publishing 1,000 kinds of books. The essay part contains Chekhov's creative reflections, recording the moments of inspiration, from which the prototypes of many masterpieces can be seen. Philosophical and interesting, humorous and venomous.

Let's experience life on an isolated desert island together! The young British man Robinson embarked on a sailing journey, but unexpectedly ended up on a desert island and began a long and arduous life on the island... This is a widely circulated and influential literary masterpiece, which reflects the strong enterprising spirit and enlightenment consciousness of mankind. Through this novel, the author created a typical image of Robinson Crusoe who dared to take risks and pioneer. Robinson became a hero in the minds of teenagers at that time and was the first ideal explorer image in Western literature.

"American Notes" is a travelogue rich in literary and historical value. From the beginning of January to the end of June 1842, Dickens, his wife and friends conducted a six-month visit to the United States. They visited not only international metropolises such as Washington, New York, Philadelphia, and Boston, but also some little-known small towns at the time such as Cincinnati, Hartford, Worcester, and West Point. He wrote down what he saw, heard and felt at that time in this travelogue. This travelogue is a rare reference for examining the customs and customs of American society in the 19th century.

As night fell, a general who had been kicked out by his master came to Rashomon. Born in troubled times, Rashomon has not been repaired all year round. Now it has become a terrifying place where corpses are piled up and crows gather. The family will be homeless. If he wants to survive, he has to do whatever it takes, but he can't make up his mind. When he was hesitating, he found an old woman pulling out the dead man's hair inside the door. The family general was horrified, and after careful questioning, he learned that the old woman was forced by life and had no choice but to do this. The general was greatly touched after hearing this, and finally made up his mind, snatched the old woman's clothes and fled from Rashomon without trace. The novel is exquisitely conceived and has a tortuous plot. It describes the choices made by people at the bottom of society when faced with life and death. It conveys the author's thoughts on human nature and is thought-provoking. This book collects the most representative short stories and short stories by Akutagawa Ryunosuke. Although some works have been published for nearly a hundred years, they still have tenacious vitality and have been repeatedly sought after and praised by the world. In the 1950s, "Rashomon" was put on the movie screen by Akira Kurosawa. The film of the same name won the "Oscar Award for Best Foreign Language Film" and received great praise around the world.

Understanding of literature and his own creative experience, this book allows us to see the author's valuable experience and true thoughts during his decades of creation. At the same time, he also did not shy away from talking about his life past, including his childhood memories, the scenery of his hometown and the relationship between his relatives, which shows the growth trajectory of a writer.

By tracking "sea monsters", this book depicts magical underwater worlds for us. There are underwater plains, underwater forests, underwater cemeteries, pearl worlds, sunken continents and ancient castles... Of course, in addition, the novel also shows us a variety of confusing and magical fish worlds. At the same time, Verne also used his magical pen to set up many thrilling scenes for us, making the whole novel ups and downs and exciting.