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If you are tired of the same life, welcome to Gulliver's world! In the history of human literature, Swift used his advanced thinking to fill "Gulliver's Travels" with novel imagination and became the source of inspiration for countless fantasy novels! The source of inspiration for works such as "The Jungle Book", "Animal Farm", "1984", "Castle in the Sky" and "Harry Potter"! Selected as a recommended must-read for the new curriculum standards and a recommended reading series for "Chinese Language" compiled by the Ministry of Education! "Gulliver's Travels" has been published for nearly three centuries, has been translated into 51 languages, and is widely circulated around the world! Maugham and George Orwell praised this book! Five major features of the new color-illustrated and detailed annotated edition of "Gulliver's Travels": (1) A brand-new translation specially revised by well-known translators Baima and Gemu. The editor has carefully edited and edited it without deleting a word! (2) New detailed annotations! It contains 160 annotations written by two translators for the new edition of "Gulliver's Travels". (3) Special inclusion of translation postscript! Well-known translator Mr. Baima carefully writes and explains Swift's life story in detail! This time, you can read "Gulliver's Travels"! (4) Original new color adventure maps and illustrations, restoring the classic scenes of the Four Kingdoms, making you feel as if you are actually there! (5) Carefully designed chapter pages and text layout, new editing, and smooth reading without obstacles. Four sea adventures, four fantastic and magnificent countries, and four bizarre journeys, let Gulliver take you to temporarily escape from the same life!

Mark Twain is the founder of American critical realism literature and a world-renowned master of short stories. William Faulkner called him "a truly American writer from whom we all descend." "Mark Twain Short Stories (Hardcover Collection)" collects Mark Twain's famous short stories. These popular short stories are humorous in writing and pungent in language. They sharply satirize and expose the speculation, money worship, and dark social reality that are prevalent in the United States like a plague.

This book tells the story of a poor farmer who was sentenced to a heavy sentence for stealing a piece of bread. When he was released from prison nineteen years later, his heart was full of hatred for this unfair society and a strong desire for revenge. But a kind-hearted bishop influenced him with love. From then on, he determined to be a good person and do good deeds, live with dignity and value, and also use love to influence others. The humanitarian spirit of supremacy of benevolence runs through the central idea of ​​the book.

The novel "Ulysses" is a representative work of stream-of-consciousness novels and is known as "the first of the 100 best English novels of the 20th century". In chronological order, "Ulysses" describes the various daily experiences of Bloom, an advertising salesman, in Dublin during one day and night on June 16, 1904. Joyce compares Bloom's day wandering the streets of Dublin to Odysseus's ten years of wandering overseas, while simultaneously portraying the psychology of his unfaithful wife Molly and Stephen's search for his spiritual father. The novel makes extensive use of detailed descriptions and stream-of-consciousness techniques to construct an intertwined and messy time and space, forming a unique style in language.

This book occupies a very important position in the history of Russian and even world literature, and is also one of the most influential foreign literary works in China. The protagonist of the novel was originally an ordinary working woman who was resigned to the situation. Under the influence of her son Baweier, who was engaged in the revolutionary cause, her thoughts matured rapidly and she gradually grew into a proletarian revolutionary warrior. For the first time, this novel profoundly reflected the mass revolutionary struggle under the leadership of the proletarian party in the early 20th century, and reflected the historical process of the workers' movement from spontaneousness to consciousness. For the first time, the novel created the image of a proletarian hero with socialist consciousness. Lenin once praised it as "a very timely book."

This book artistically reproduces the historical reality of the reign of French King Louis XI more than 400 years ago, how the court and the church colluded to oppress the people, and how the people fought heroically against the two forces. This book is set in France in 1482. It focuses on the relationship between the gypsy girl Esmeralda, the young and handsome guard captain, the sanctimonious archdeacon, and the deformed and ugly bell ringer. It enthusiastically praises the noble humanity of the gypsy girl and the bell ringer, and deeply denounces the hypocrisy and despicability of the guard captain and the archdeacon. The novel embodies Hugo's artistic expression principle of "contrast between beauty and ugliness". Its publication broke the shackles of pseudo-classicism and marked the complete victory of romanticism.

On the surface, the novel tells the story of an amateur chess player defeating the world chess champion on a ship from New York to South America. In fact, it tells the story of the torture and destruction of the human soul by Nazi fascism. As a humanist, Zweig used this novel to express his hatred of Nazi fascism. This book also includes several other famous novels by Zweig, such as "Letter from a Strange Woman".

This book describes the story of Chichikov, a speculative liar who buys and sells dead souls (Russian landowners called their serfs "souls").

"Treasure Island" is the most widely circulated masterpiece among all Stevenson's works. Its storyline originated from a map drawn by the author. The novel describes the process of Jim Hawkins, a daring, witty and lively young man, discovering a treasure map and how he outsmarts pirates. After going through many hardships, he finally finds the treasure and returns victoriously. It is said that everyone who reads this book, especially boys, wants to go on an adventure trip to find Treasure Island.

Manette, a young doctor, never dreamed that late that night, he would witness a murder of a powerful man. He was determined to seek justice for the victims, but what awaited him was an unexpected prison sentence. Manette disappeared out of thin air, and his wife was struck down by pain. Before her death, she entrusted her friends to raise their daughter Lucy. Eighteen years later, when Lucy grew up, she suddenly received news about her father. She rushed from London, England to Paris, France, and finally met Manette. On the way back to London, the Mannettes and their daughters met the young man Dani and received his careful care. Dani and Lucy accompany each other all the way, and their love gradually grows. However, Dani happens to be the son of the powerful man who framed Manette. The real test has just begun...

"The Woman Who Stirred the Water", a novel with inheritance dispute as the main plot, can be regarded as one of the most thrilling scenes in "Human Comedy". The two sides in the fight are Max Gillet, the leader of the local "Easy Riders" gang of idle scoundrels, and Philippe Bridoux, a very scheming soldier. The former is the lover of the troubled woman who firmly controls the rich man Lu Jie, and the latter is Lu Jie's new nephew. Both were once extraordinary officers in Napoleon's old army, experts in leading troops and ambush. The two devils used their bravery and resourcefulness to fight for a considerable fortune. Needless to say, this contest was going to be fierce and intense...

"A Study in Scarlet" is a novella by the famous British detective novelist Conan Doyle. It tells the story of Dr. Watson, who was injured and retired from the battlefield in Afghanistan, and Sherlock Holmes shared an apartment at 221 Baker Street in London. Soon, he discovered that this person had the power of careful observation and extraordinary reasoning and analysis ability beyond ordinary people. At the same time, there were often some mysterious visitors coming in and out of their apartment. Until one day, they were involved in a murder case...

"Gone with the Wind" is set on a manor in the southern United States and tells the story of the ups and downs of Scarlett Hao, the daughter of the manor owner during the Civil War. Scarlett Scarlett, the rich daughter, is proud and charming. She originally enjoyed being surrounded by boys like stars. However, overnight, the peaceful pastoral time was annihilated in the flames of war, and her wealthy life turned into a constant struggle for survival with death. Faced with the destruction of her home, the death of her loved ones, and the turbulent current situation, how will she get out of the predicament? Where will the love between her and the two most important men in her life go...

"Gulliver's Travels" is a fantastic and thrilling travel masterpiece, and it is also a fairy tale where reality and fantasy are intertwined. An ordinary person who loves adventure went on four voyages and visited four magical countries, which opened the eyes and made people laugh while causing many sighs. This fictitious fairy tale-like magical world is like a sharp dagger, striking directly at the darkness and absurdity of reality.

This book collects 19 of the author's best short stories and short stories, including "The Old Man and the Sea", which won the Nobel Prize for Literature, and immortal chapters such as "The Snows of Kilimanjaro", "A Soldier's Home" and "An African Story". These works allow readers to fully appreciate the great charm of the author's short stories and short stories, which are exciting and long-lasting to read. They have created the image of a "tough guy", and many works reflect "elegance under pressure." "People can be eliminated, but they cannot be defeated." This brave and fearless spirit runs through many works. Simple and clear dialogues, intricate plots, and intriguing stories attract readers into the author's unique literary world.

Maupassant's works have a spicy style, and are good at capturing and discovering typical fragments of ordinary and trivial life, reflecting reality from small perspectives, and describing the human world. In addition, his novels are unique in their conception and layout, and their character language and story endings are unique, making people endlessly memorable. This book selects 19 classic short stories by Maupassant, including his representative works "Ball of Suet", "The Necklace" and "My Uncle Jules".

John Christopher, who was born into a poor family, had amazing musical talent since childhood. However, after his grandfather passed away and his father became an alcoholic, the entire burden of the family fell on his weak shoulders. As an adult, Christophe went to Paris alone, eager to defeat fate with his talent and hard work, but the fist of fate knocked him to the ground again and again. Broke out of love three times, suffered repeated humiliation; lost a close friend, lost a close friend; was isolated and slandered; suffered ridicule and cold treatment... Is there fairness in the world? What is the meaning of life? John-Christophe stumbled and was bruised all the way. He finally recognized the cruelty of fate, and his love for life became more and more surging.

"Life" describes the life of an aristocratic woman who pursues happiness but cannot obtain it. The protagonist Yona was born into a declining aristocratic family. Influenced by her parents, she loves fantasy and has all kinds of beautiful dreams and longings for the future, but the cold and ruthless reality shatters her dreams one by one...

Let us discover a more vivid world through the eyes of this young man! This is an American novel that was praised by Hemingway, highly recommended by Somerset Maugham, and devoured by Wang Xiaobo! Hemingway angrily praised: The entire modern American literature originated from "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." This is our most excellent book, and there is no comparable work before or after it! The official manuscript, translated from the original American first edition! Brand new translation, not a word has been deleted! Includes 2 original color illustrations, showing classic scenes! Includes an original adventure map and let Huckleberry take you on an adventure! In the history of human literature, Mark Twain, the father of American literature, understood the world of adults from the perspective of a naughty boy and created "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", which is known as the "source of American literature." In order to rebel against the rules of the adult world, Huckleberry decides to "fake his own death" and run away for adventure. Mark Twain not only created a child who was witty, kind and full of courage, but also re-examined the world through his eyes!

"A Woman of Thirty" is an important work in Balzac's "Human Comedy". This book is actually a combination of six short stories published at different times. When included in "The Human Comedy", the author unified the names of the protagonists of the six stories and changed the overall title to "A Thirty-Year-Old Woman". In this book, for the first time, the author connects private customs with the era of characters' lives. The conflicts in private life and the conflicts in social life are integrated and complementary to each other. Love life, family life and public life are interdependent and harmonious with each other. In addition, this book also includes "The False Mistress".

"How Steel Was Tempered" is a semi-autobiographical novel that shines with lofty idealism. The novel successfully portrays the image of Paul Korchagin, a proletarian hero. It shows Paul Korchagin's life and emotional world with vivid and life-rich language and shocking spiritual power, and has become a literary classic that inspires generations of young people in China.

"David Copperfield" is the masterpiece of Dickens, the great British realist writer in the 19th century. The protagonist Copperfield is a posthumous son, and his stepfather abuses him and his mother. His mother died soon, leaving Copperfield an orphan. He found his aunt and started a new life under her guardianship. The world has changed, family and friendship are joyful, and turmoil and pain have tempered people. Copperfield finally became a successful writer and was happily married to his beloved. The work has humorous language, clear love and hate, twists and turns in the plot, and grand pictures, which reflect Dickens's consistent style.

Although "Sense and Sensibility" is Jane Austen's first novel, her writing skills are already quite proficient. Every plot in the story has been ingeniously conceived by the author. The superficial causal relationship and the underlying reasons hidden behind the scenes are all natural and reasonable. The heroine makes reasonable speculations and judgments based on superficial phenomena. Although careful readers may have various doubts from time to time, their thoughts will naturally develop with good observations. When the final result appears, it will be completely different from the superficial phenomena, resulting in an unexpected comedy effect. If you read it over again, you will find that the factors that lead to the inevitable result have already been seen between the lines. The plot of the novel revolves around the mate selection activities of the two heroines, focusing on revealing the bad habit of using marriage as a way for women to seek economic security and improve their economic status in the British social trends at that time, and the ugly fashion of focusing on family status and ignoring women's feelings and human rights.

Robinson was born in the middle class. His father often taught him the philosophy of contentment and asked him to be satisfied with the status quo. But he still couldn't resist the temptation of the new world overseas. He went to sea several times and finally got trapped on a desert island. Twenty-eight years of living on an isolated island still failed to stop his adventurous spirit. With perseverance, he built houses, cultivated fields, planted food, and raised livestock on the desert island, and finally built a paradise on the desert island. Finally, he escaped from danger and returned to Europe.

"The Old Man and the Sea" is one of the masterpieces of the American writer Hemingway. It was published in 1952 and was the last novel published by the author during his lifetime. In Hemingway's own words, this is "the best work he can write in his life. Other excellent and mature works are greatly inferior to it." Hemingway created many "tough guy" images in his works, among which Santiago in "The Old Man and the Sea" is a representative one. The old man Santiago fought with the big fish at sea, adhering to his life motto "A person can be destroyed, but cannot be defeated." It was a duel between the strong and the strong, and only in this duel can the "tough guy" spirit become more dazzling. In the end, the old man dragged the fish bones back home. He failed, but he became an out-and-out hero.

Alexandre Dumas, a famous French popular historical novelist. "The Count of Monte Cristo" is his masterpiece. Dantès, the first mate of the Pharaoh, was young and promising, and had a beautiful woman in his heart. Unexpectedly, he was hated by others and was framed and imprisoned. Dantès, who suddenly lost everything, fell into the abyss of despair. Fortunately, he met the prisoner Father Faria, and learned from him the secret of the treasure on Monte Cristo Island. Dantès found the treasure after escaping from prison and became extremely rich. However, after fourteen years, things have changed: the enemy has become famous, and the lover has married someone else. Dantès transformed into the mysterious Count of Monte Cristo, stepped into Paris's upper class society, and launched an act of revenge. This book is full of romantic legend, and the chapters are unique, novel and fascinating.

"Pride and Prejudice" is Austen's masterpiece. It reflects the world customs of British society from the late 18th century to the early 19th century through the story of several middle-class girls from villages and towns talking about marriage. The plot of the novel is tortuous and full of comedy, the language is natural and fluent, and it is witty and humorous. It reveals the tragedy and comedy of life with superb skills.

More than four hundred years ago in Spain, a writer named Cervantes wrote a novel called "Don Quixote". The protagonist Don Quixote in the book is a poor country squire. He has a whimsical idea and calls himself a knight errant. He rides on a skinny horse and takes a squire with him. He travels around various places, doing chivalry and fighting injustices. After the publication of this book, the story of Don Quixote spread throughout Spain. No matter the nobles, gentlemen, or servants and vendors, the whole country fell in love with this book like crazy.

Maupassant is one of the world's leading short story masters. The publication of "Ball de Suif" in 1880 made him famous in one fell swoop. The story has also become a classic in the history of world literature.

"The Insulted and Injured" is a social psychological novel. The book was written by Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky and first published in 1861. Through complex character relationships and profound psychological description, the novel shows the suffering of the people at the bottom of society and the struggle of human nature. The story revolves around two main lines, one is the tragic fate of Nellie's family, and the other is the misfortune of Natasha's family. The culprit who destroyed these two families is Duke Volgovsky. He abducted Nellie's mother, defrauded Nellie's grandfather of all the family property, and finally caused three generations of Nellie's family to die out of hatred. He also falsely accused Natasha's father and bankrupted his family. Natasha was also deceived by the Duke's son. The work profoundly describes the painful life and tragic fate of civilians in Russian cities under the Tsarist autocratic system, and sharply raises the issue of the shameless behavior of the upper class and the happiness of ordinary people. It reflects the irreconcilable contradictions between the nobility, bourgeoisie and common people at that time, intertwining the writer's two thoughts and feelings of sympathy and exposure.

"Jack London Short Stories" collects Jack London's classic short stories. His works depict a cruel and merciless external world to readers, in which people live in extremely difficult and dangerous situations. Only with a persevering and tenacious spirit can survive in the world. Jack London's novels have distinctive characters, compact plots, concise and vivid writing, and are quite contagious. These novels embody his unique philosophy of life - remain tolerant while being firm, and remain perseverant while being tolerant.

The story takes place on a seaside street in Monterey Bay, California before World War II. In the early 1940s, the production of canned sardines was the main feature here, so it was called Cannery Row. The central character of the novel is a marine biologist named "The Doctor". Being highly educated, he did not look down on his neighbors - gamblers, traders, prostitutes, and homeless people. In his eyes, these people were "very healthy and surprisingly clean." Another group of characters, Mark and his friends, are a group of penniless vagrants with no ideals or pursuits. They live happily in Cannery Row. Their lives are simple. They neither hide their desires nor let money corrupt their souls. They are sincere and helpful. The 1930s and 1940s were a turbulent decade in American history. The sudden economic crisis put pressure on all social strata and shook Americans' cultural values. The entire society fell into a spiritual crisis. This ideal state of life in "Cannery Row" is the value system established by Steinbeck for Americans in crisis. "Cannery Row" was first published in 1945 and is one of John Steinbeck's masterpieces. It shows the mental outlook of the lower class in Monterey during the Great Depression.

"Gone with the Wind" is a novel that takes Atlanta and a nearby plantation as the story setting, depicting the life of American southerners before and after the Civil War. The work depicts the images of many southerners of that era, of which Scarlett, Rhett, Ashley, Melanie and others who occupy the central position are typical representatives. Their customs and etiquette, words and deeds, spiritual concepts, and political attitudes, through the love entanglement of Scarlett and Rhett Butler as the main line, successfully reproduced the Civil War led by Lincoln and the social life of the southern United States.

"A Tale of Two Cities" is one of the works by the British writer Dickens with the most twists and turns, the most thrilling storyline. The novel takes the French Revolution as the background, with Paris and London as the places where the story takes place. It tells the story of the French aristocrats, the Marquis Evremonde brothers, who almost killed her entire family in order to seize a beautiful peasant woman. Doctor Manette reported the matter to the authorities, but was framed by the Marquis brothers and imprisoned for 18 years. After being released from prison, the mentally disturbed Manette was picked up by his daughter Lucy. At that time, both Darnay and Carton were pursuing Lucy, and she chose Darnay. During the French Revolution, Darnay was arrested and sentenced to death after being accused by the Defarges. Lucy went to France to rescue her husband, but failed. At this time, Caton pretended to be a man and rescued Dardenne, and the Manette family returned to England secretly.

Following "The Bad Temper of History", the second book "The Manuscript of History" was released. How the observations in the two books are different and special can be summarized in Zhang Ming's words as "out of time". In the preface of "The Manuscript of History", he stated the reason for being "out of time": in social life, a person with a little personality often feels suffocated. To break this suffocation, for me, it means making some inappropriate and bizarre remarks from time to time. In fact, it's not surprising, it's just common sense based on common sense and rational judgment. Zhang Ming's two books on recent China do not quote major events or topics, but only anecdotes about human nature and the world. In "Manuscripts of History", the author uses toothbrushes, braids, portraits of scholars' tongues, and prescriptions for the Boxer Rebellion as topics. At first glance, they are trivial things that cannot be included in the big book of history, but they can be pulled out by the author into not simple propositions.

"A Brief History of the World" is a unique history of the world written by the famous British writer Wells. The content traces back to the beginning of human civilization, down to the First World War. It has a unique narrative of ancient Egypt, ancient Greece and Rome, the European Renaissance, the Reformation, the British Industrial Revolution, the American War of Independence, the French Revolution, etc. With an extremely broad vision and a brisk and concise style, it sorts out human history since the origin of life.

"Churchill's Memoirs of World War II 12: The Iron Curtain" records the magnificent history before the Allied forces were about to achieve total victory in the late World War II: the successful convening of the Yalta Conference, the Soviet Red Army's march to Berlin, the defeat and surrender of German fascism, the friction between the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union, the United States dropping two atomic bombs on Japan and the impact of the Potsdam Proclamation. At the same time, it also shows the complex and subtle relationships within the Allies. Although a series of international conferences established a new order, the barriers and contradictions between the Western world and the Soviet Union have never been eliminated. The world was ruthlessly divided into two halves by the "Iron Curtain".

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"Dickens Tells the History of England" is a history book written by the famous British writer Charles Dickens for his children. It was first serialized in the English weekly "Household Words" from January 1851 to December 1853; Dickens was also the editor of this magazine at that time. Divided into three volumes, this book tells the history of England from 50 BC to 1689 AD, when Queen Victoria ascended the throne, and also covers some major historical events in Scotland, Ireland and France. Although it is a history book, Dickens used a more interesting and story-telling literary writing technique, and created it on the basis of historical facts. He created the dialogue and characters' emotions in the text vividly, giving readers an immersive feeling...

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?

E. M. Forster's major works include the novels "Where Angels Fear to Go" (1905), "The Longest Journey" (1907), "A Room with a View" (1908), "Howards End" (1910), and "Maurice" (created between 1913 and 1914, published after the author's death in 1971). Editions), A Passage to India (1924); two short story collections, The Omnibus (1911) and Eternal Moments (1928), later combined into Forster's Collected Short Stories (1947); and the acclaimed novel review monograph Aspects of the Novel (1927, originally a series of lectures at Cambridge University). The "Collected Works of E. M. Forster" published by Shanghai Translation Publishing House includes all the above-mentioned important works of this literary giant.

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Since the "Era of Caesar", in 29 BC, the temple dedicated to the God of War was finally closed, symbolizing Rome's escape from war. Octavian began to use outstanding political skills, announced his return to the republican government, was awarded the honorific title "Augustus", and established the "Pax Romana" in which multi-ethnic, multi-religious, multi-cultural and multi-lingual coexistence.

This is a masterpiece in his later years with the master of history Liddell Hart. It highly summarizes the author's research results on the history of war and strategy theory, and refined his own philosophy of history with his lifelong efforts. From the macro perspective of a strategist, the author moves from history through the present to the future, exploring why humans make the same mistakes again and again in the fields of war, politics, and society, sounding a wake-up call for mankind. With the rigor and objectivity of a historian, combined with first-hand investigation data, the author provides a detailed and thorough analysis of the underlying logical issues why mankind has repeatedly fallen into the quagmire of war from the political system, social environment, public opinion, decision-making process and other aspects. The content of this book is short and concise, and the views are profound and sharp. It is worth reading and understanding again and again by readers of any era.

In 49 BC, Caesar crossed the Rubicon River and quickly controlled the entire Italian peninsula within two months. He then attacked Marseilles, attacked Spain, and pacified the western Mediterranean. Then he moved to Macedonia and pursued Pompey. Finally, he completely surrendered the Senate faction headed by Pompey on the North African front and carried out comprehensive reforms to transform the Roman Empire. This volume fully demonstrates Caesar's rationality and keen political insight; from a modern perspective, it reinterprets the love and love relationship between Caesar and the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra and Cicero, and vividly depicts Caesar's story-telling life. Caesar's consistent spirit of tolerating the defeated was the most touching legacy in the history of Rome.

"Grassland Empire" not only records the magnificent history of the Xiongnu, Turks, Mongols and other grassland peoples, but also describes the bravery and talents of grassland people such as Attila, Genghis Khan, Timur and other children. They broke into developed historical and civilized areas, clashed with farming peoples, destroyed farming civilization, and gradually formed their own rich and diverse culture. Of course, there is also their impact on the entire world civilization, pattern, order and historical process.

A magnificent epic describing the grassland peoples and their relations with surrounding peoples. A history of three thousand years of collision and integration between nomadic peoples and agricultural peoples. This set includes: "Steppe Empire", "The Rise and Fall of the Mongol Empire", and "Live to Conquer the World: A History of the Mongol Empire".

"A Scoundrel's Self-cultivation" is a masterpiece of Lao She's humorous style, in which he appreciates the ugliness of human nature in a tearful smile. "Lao She's Works by Famous Illustrations Series: Lao Zhang's Philosophy·Cat City" uses dialects freely in the language and characters, and has a comic style in character creation. Mr. Lao She's status in modern Chinese literature is undeniable; after time has passed, his works exude an irresistible mellow appeal like fine wine.

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Du Liniang, the only daughter of Du Zichong, the prefect of Nan'an during the Southern Song Dynasty, was smart and beautiful and studied calligraphy and painting since she was a child. One day while visiting the garden, I dreamed of marrying a scholar holding a willow branch in one hand. When I woke up, I missed my love all day long. Finally, I died of an illness and was buried in the Plum Blossom Temple...