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This set is a comprehensive collection of all the works of Susan Sontag, the "first critic on both sides of the Atlantic" and "the conscience of the American public", including her writings, novels and diaries. It is divided into two series of 8 volumes each. The second volume is the literature and diary section. The books include "The Benefactor", "The Death Box", "Heart Questions: Sontag's Short Stories", "Volcano Lover", "Alice in Bed", "In America"; the diary "Rebirth" and "The Heart is a Servant of the Body". This set of books is the largest complete collection of works by contemporary Western first-class thinkers, critics and writers that has been introduced and published in the entire Chinese-speaking world so far. It has milestone significance in China's contemporary ideological circles, academia, criticism, literature and culture, and publishing circles.

The abandoned baby Oliver lost his mother at birth and suffered inhuman abuse in the workhouse. After becoming a coffin shop apprentice, the situation did not improve at all. Unbearable, he had to escape to London but broke into a den of thieves. He was once taken in by a good family, but unfortunately he was discovered by a thief and imprisoned in a den of thieves. In order to rescue Oliver, the kind-hearted female thief Nancy helped Oliver find his long-lost relatives regardless of the thief's surveillance and threats. However, Nancy was brutally killed by the leader of the den of thieves. Nancy's death also brought disaster to the den of thieves. Oliver was adopted as an adopted son by a good family, ending his miserable childhood. After going through many difficulties, the kind-hearted Oliver finally saw the rainbow, and finally ushered in a happy ending to the story.

"Yu Shi Ming Yan", a collection of vernacular short stories, was originally titled "Ancient and Modern Novels", also known as "Full Image of Ancient and Modern Novels". Compiled by Feng Menglong in the late Ming Dynasty. Some of them are old versions of the Song and Yuan dialects, and some were drafted by people in the Ming Dynasty. The text may have been processed by the editor. Most of the themes come from folklore, and some are adapted from historical novels and previous novels.

"Three Words and Two Pai" is a collection of short stories in ancient Chinese vernacular, including "Three Words": "Mingyan Yan", "Warning Words" and "Everlasting Words to Awaken the World" compiled by the literary master Feng Menglong of the Ming Dynasty; and "Two Pai" edited by the novel master Ling Shuchu: "Surprise at the First Carving" and "Surprise at the Second Moment". "Three Words and Two Patterns" has a total of 200 classic short stories in vernacular, which completely encompasses the essence of short stories in vernacular from the Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties. Each story in the book is independent, exciting and ups and downs, such as the White Snake who forever holds down the Leifeng Pagoda, Du Shiniang who sank his treasure chest in anger, and Yu Boya who dropped his piano to say goodbye. Classic stories that are familiar to Chinese people, such as the bosom friend, are all derived from the "three words and two beats"; "Three words and two beats" are also derived from the "three words and two beats"; "Three words and two beats" are also derived from "Three words and two beats"; "It is difficult to be a master without suffering", "It is difficult to draw a dragon or a tiger, but it is difficult to draw a skeleton, and you know people and their faces but not their hearts". Thousands of thousands of years of worldly wonders, people and events are all captured in a few words and two shots; two hundred classic short stories are written about all kinds of situations in the world! Writer Da Bing strongly recommends: "Know sentient beings in the impermanent place, and know all living beings in the sentient place."

"Flower in the Mirror" is rich in exaggeration, metaphor, contrast and other techniques. The book describes countries such as the Country of Gentlemen, the Country of Women, and the Country of Intestines, which shows the author's unparalleled imagination. It is a masterpiece of oriental classical fantasy. This edition of "Flowers in the Mirror" is accompanied by annotations and Qing Dynasty illustrations to facilitate readers' better understanding and reading. This edition of "Flowers in the Mirror" is faithful to the original work and is based on the engraving edition personally supervised by Li Ruzhen in the Qing Dynasty. It is a complete version with 100 chapters.

The conscientious salaryman Rangji fell in love with the poor bar waitress Naomi. He sympathized with her background and intended to cultivate her into a noble woman. The two hit it off and started living together. With the support of Rangji, Naomi began to learn English and dance, became a bird of love, and eventually transformed into a girl who was good at using her beauty to hunt men. Rangji couldn't stand her debauchery and drove her out of his life time and time again. However, he found that he was deeply involved in this twisted love relationship, willing and unable to extricate himself... "Idiot Love" is the masterpiece of Tanizaki Junichiro. It is a watershed in his creative career and an immortal literary classic.

"Oliver Twist" is a realistic novel published by the British writer Dickens in 1838. Set in the foggy city of London, it tells the story of an orphan's tragic life experience and experiences. The protagonist Oliver grew up in an orphanage, experienced an apprenticeship, escaped with difficulty, fell into a den of thieves by mistake, and was forced to work with vicious murderers. He went through countless hardships. Finally, with the help of kind people, he found out his life experience and gained happiness. Like Dickens' other novels, this book exposes many social problems of the time, such as workhouses, child labor, and gangs recruiting young people to participate in crime. This book has been adapted into movies, television and stage plays many times.

William Shakespeare was the greatest playwright and poet of the English Renaissance and the master of European Renaissance humanistic literature. He is an unprecedented and arguably unprecedented great dramatic poet, and the greatest literary figure in the world in history. Shakespeare's masterpieces are recognized as treasures of human culture, and his four most famous masterpieces "Hamlet", "Othello", "King Lear" and "Macbeth" are known as Shakespeare's "four great tragedies" and are the most famous chapters in the history of human literature and even civilization. The translation of this book is an important result of the famous professor and poet Mr. Sun Dayu's concentration on the study and translation of Shakespeare. Mr. Sun Dayu is the first scholar in my country to translate Shakespeare's poems and plays in verse. His translation uses pentameter plain verse with the phonetic system he created to translate the pentameter plain verse of the original text of Shakespeare's plays, which is of great pioneering significance and unique style and charm. This book contains a complete set of more than 100 exquisite illustrations of the four tragedies drawn by the famous British artist and illustrator Sir John Gilbert, which is of great collection value.

"The Stranger" is a novella written by French writer Albert Camus. By creating the image of Morsot, an "outsider" who behaves shockingly and speaks deviantly, it fully reveals the absurdity of the world and the opposition between man and society. "The Plague" is an important work by Camus. By describing the story of a large number of people, represented by the protagonist Dr. Rieux, who struggled to fight after the plague broke out in a city called Oran in North Africa, it vividly shows the spirit of liberal humanitarianism of those true brave men who are neither desperate nor dejected, who rise up in absurdity and insist on truth and justice in despair.

"Oliver Twist" is set in the foggy city of London. It tells the story of an orphan's tragic life experience and experiences. The protagonist Oliver grew up in an orphanage, experienced an apprenticeship, escaped with difficulty, fell into a den of thieves by mistake, and was forced to work with vicious murderers. He went through countless hardships. Finally, with the help of kind people, he found out his life experience and gained happiness.

"The Idiot" is one of the important works of Fyodor Dostoyevsky, the great Russian writer of the 19th century. The novel describes Nastasya, a beautiful woman from a noble family in the 1860s who has been ravaged by the landowner Totsky for many years. Later, Totsky was willing to pay a large sum of money to marry her to the despicable Ganya. At the heroine's birthday party, the young Duke Myshkin, who was regarded as an idiot by people, suddenly appeared and was willing to marry Nastasya unconditionally, which moved her deeply. On the day of her upcoming wedding to the Duke, although Nastasya loved the Duke deeply, she ran away with the playboy Rogozhin and was eventually killed by Rogozhin. The novel gives an extensive description of the Russian upper class after the serfdom reform, involving complex psychological and moral issues. The kind and tolerant Prince Myshkin is unable to influence or benefit those around him, a quixotic figure whose efforts are in vain.

"Lao She makes us cry and laugh, but he never condemns anyone and never protects anyone." The book includes five novels, "No Problem", "Micro God", "Soul-Breaking Gun", "Crescent Moon" and "My Life", each chapter is a classic and every sentence is wonderful.

"A Tale of Two Cities" is a long historical novel written by the British writer Charles Dickens and set against the background of the French Revolution. It has a touching plot and is one of the classics of world literature. The story connects the two major cities of Paris and London, and revolves around the family of Dr. Manette and the Saint-Antoine district headed by the Defarges. The novel describes how the nobles corrupted and harmed the people. The people's deep hatred for the nobles accumulated in their hearts, which led to the inevitable French Revolution. The main idea of ​​the book is self-sacrifice for love. The "Twin Cities" in the book's title refer to Paris and London.

"The Little Lord" is Mrs. Burnett's classic masterpiece. It has been best-selling for nearly a century and has been made into movies many times. It tells the story of a talented and beautiful little boy who goes through great changes in his life and becomes the heir to a title. Cedric Errol and his mother depended on each other after the death of his father. When he was seven years old, his life changed drastically: he originally had no right to inherit the title, but due to the death of two uncles, he became the heir to the title. His grandfather, Earl Dorincourt, sent someone to bring him to England to prepare him to inherit the title. When he arrived in England, Cedric won the love of almost everyone around him, including the housekeeper and the coachman, with his innocent and kind words and deeds. In contact with his lovely, kind and innocent grandson, the selfish, violent and snobbish old earl was also deeply affected. Not only did he fall in love with the young earl, he also accepted his mother.

Let us discover a more vivid world through the eyes of this young man! In the history of human literature, Mark Twain, as a pioneer of critical realism, used humor to gain insight into the nature of the world, making the childlike "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" a microcosm of the entire era. "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" is Mark Twain's most autobiographical and representative work! The new color-illustrated collector's edition of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" has 4 major features: (1) This book specially contains Mark Twain's precious letters, allowing you to fully understand the author's mental journey when he created this book! (2) Original color illustrations, restoring classic scenes! Tom Sawyer, who wanted to be a hero, couldn't stand the rules that restricted his personality and constantly challenged adults. Mark Twain gave him not only the spirit of adventure and the courage to resist, but also redefined the standards of the adult world! (3) Original adventure map, go on adventures with Tom Sawyer! (4) A new translation by a cutting-edge translator, not a word has been deleted!

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This book collects Zweig's middle and late literary creation works, including "Twenty-Four Hours in a Woman's Life", "Adventures in the Auction House", "Moonlight Alley", "Interlude on the Shore of Lake Geneva" and "Invisible Collection". "Twenty-Four Hours in a Woman's Life" tells the memories of an old British lady. Driven by a moment of emotion, she risked her life to hand over her fate to a gambler, and in the next twenty-four hours she ushered in an ending that she will never forget. Passion and lust are the themes of Zweig's novels, and they are also the place where he displays his skills as a "hunter of souls".

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" from the novel collection was adapted into a movie of the same name, directed by David Fincher and starring Cate Blanchett and Brad Pitt. In this collection of novels, Fitzgerald created the image of a group of young men and women who pursued their dreams but were disillusioned after the war. Their works are the crystallization of the poet's sensitivity and the dramatist's imagination, and are the product of their artistic talents reaching their peak. Fitzgerald's charm comes from his clear narrative, elegant writing style, colorful and iron-like final words and sentences. This style is best reflected in his short stories.

"Meeting Dickens at Midnight (Collection of Dickens' Bizarre Novels)" was compiled by Hu Mingyuan. The stories in the book are all classic works by Charles Dickens. Here, the perfect logical reasoning, exquisite comprehensive conception, and fascinating and tense plot make people nervous, excited, scared, and unable to help but want to continue reading. Here, there is not only suspense and thriller, but also the exposure of dark society and the portrayal of human nature. Although the scene setting and logical arrangement of each story are often chilling, the humor and comedy hidden in them make Dickinson's thrillers and suspense novels not only bring a sudden tightening of the heart, but also a profound reflection on human nature. Behind the seemingly weird and absurd stories, there are hidden the absurdity and indifference of society, as well as the greed and sinisterness of human nature. Of course, there is also sincerity, kindness and warmth. This book "Meeting Dickens at Midnight (Collection of Dickens' Bizarre Novels)" is suitable for fans of bizarre novels.

Ryunosuke Akutagawa, who is known as a "ghost genius", has the highest achievement in his literary creation in short stories. This book contains 24 short stories, including "Rashomon", which is a profound exploration of human nature, "The Nose", a masterpiece highly praised by Natsume Soseki, and "Spider's Thread", which describes heaven and hell in just one thought. They are all well-known classics. His short stories are poignant yet tinged with irony. Satirical, serious yet humorous, it is widely loved by readers all over the world.

This set is a set of works by Nobel Prize winner Kawabata Yasunari. It includes 9 masterpieces of Kawabata Yasunari's creative career: "Snow Country", "Dancing Girl of Izu", "Ancient Capital", "Thousand Cranes", "Sleeping Beauty", "Sound of the Mountain", "Waltz of Flowers", "Station in the Shower", and "Wisteria and Strawberry". This set uses classic translations by well-known translators Ye Weiqu and Tang Yuemei, and adds Ye Weiqu's in-depth interpretation of the corresponding works, as well as a chronology of Kawabata Yasunari's life to help readers better understand Kawabata Yasunari and his creations. It can not only meet readers' daily reading needs, but also has collection value. The beauty of the East is all in Kawabata Yasunari's words; the essence of Kawabata Yasunari's literature is all in these 9 novels. "Snow Country": a textbook of Japanese aesthetics, understanding the beauty of mourning; "The Dancing Girl of Izu": a famous work by a master, taking you back to the beauty of life; "Ancient Capital": using a novel to define this thousand-year-old ancient capital; "Thousand Cranes": a stunning work of Japanese aesthetic literature; "Sleeping Beauty": a true love story The helplessness of death and the remembrance of youth; "Mountain Sound": understand the loneliness and death in Kawabata's works; "Waltz of Flowers": a collection of Kawabata Yasunari's classic short stories; "The Station in the Shower": a collection of Kawabata Yasunari's classic short stories; "Fujihana and Strawberry": a collection of Kawabata Yasunari's classic short stories.

There was a "bang", the gunshot sounded, but the crow did not fall... The little people in the chaotic era are nameless but shining, which is heartbreaking and surprising. The children carrying rifles and the German soldiers who witnessed in horror his perfect marksmanship, the guerrillas who fantasized about regaining freedom while being shot on the road, the cunning little Moor who earned fifty liras by renting a mattress for half an hour, the thief and the police who focused on licking cream pastries and forgot about each other... Thirty stories accompany Calvino on his initial literary path, clarifying and defining his poetic world: here is not polluted by anger and boredom, not intensified by conflict, and you can breathe the purest air.

Browse the complete collection of Nobel Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata's most beautiful collections at once and enter the heart-stirring and melancholy world of literature! The famous translation by Ye Weiqu restores the beauty of nothingness, purity and sadness of Kawabata literature! Influenced several generations of Chinese writers such as Yu Hua, Mo Yan, and Jia Pingwa! There are 10 books in total including "Snow Country", "Ancient Capital", "Thousand Cranes", "Dancing Girl of Izu", "Sleeping Beauty", "Mountain Sound", "Waltz of Flowers", "Station in the Shower", "Wisteria and Strawberry", and "Tokyo People" (two volumes).

"Millions of Pounds" is a novel by the famous American writer Mark Twain. It tells the story of Henry Adams, a poor clerk, and his adventures in London. Two wealthy brothers in London made a bet to see how Henry would end up within a month by lending him a million-dollar note that could not be cashed. When the one-month deadline came, Henry not only did not starve to death or be arrested, but instead became a rich man and won the heart of a beautiful lady. Mark Twain used a slightly exaggerated approach to humorously satirize and attack the money worship that was popular in society at that time. In addition, this book also includes many satirical and legendary novels such as "Running for Governor". With the help of vivid paintings of the world, it analyzes the weaknesses of human nature such as desire, greed, hypocrisy, suspicion, etc. It serves as a warning to the world, makes people think, and allows us to understand ourselves more objectively, treat our own weaknesses correctly, and then establish a correct outlook on life and values.

Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964) was an American female writer of southern literature as famous as Faulkner and Carson McCullers. In her short life of 39 years, she wrote two novels, 32 short stories and many miscellaneous reviews. The Complete Collection of Short Stories published after her death won the 1972 U. S. National Book Award. This series contains the most authoritative version of O'Connor's complete collection of short stories, a total of 31 pieces. "Geranium" is the first volume, with eight chapters in total.

This novel is another attempt by the aestheticist writer Junichiro Tanizaki to challenge the ancient literary form of "monogatari". Taking the Warring States Period as the background, the fictional protagonist is placed in a mixture of fictional and factual research and historical materials, which demonstrates the unique charm of fictional writing. As the son of the Musashi Shou Kiryu family, Wuzhou Gonghuisheng has been a hostage in Olu Mountain Castle since he was a child. When he was thirteen years old, Oshikayama Castle was under siege. Terusaki witnessed the strange scene of a young girl holding the enemy's head, and developed a lifelong weird sexual fetish... This book is equipped with 838 illustrations by the famous painter Kimura Hachisaki of the Taisho and Showa periods, which fully demonstrates the sensual beauty of Tanizaki's works.

The novel tells a story about the trade of dead souls. Dead souls are those serfs who are actually dead but are still legally alive because their status has not been cancelled. The protagonist of the novel, Chichikov, is a pretender who loves money as much as his life, a polite liar. He visited and bribed local officials at all levels, and bought dead souls from all kinds of landowners, intending to hand over these serfs who did not really exist to the Supervisory Committee for mortgage, so as to defraud large sums of mortgage money.

"Dead Souls" is the cornerstone of the development of Russian critical realist literature and the pinnacle of the development of Gogol's realist creation. The novel describes the story of Chichikov, a speculative liar (miser) who pretends to be a sixth-class civil servant and buys and sells dead souls (Russian landowners call their serfs "souls"). "Dead Souls" (Illustrated Collector's Edition) will include nearly a hundred exquisite original Russian illustrations and strive to be presented to readers with exquisite binding.

"Stories of Petersburg" is a series of seven works written by Gogol in the 1830s and 1840s. It is named because the stories all take place in Petersburg. Another main line of this series of works is that the protagonists of the stories are all minor characters. This collection of novels contains seven works: "Nevsky Prospekt", "The Nose", "Portrait", "Coat", "Carriage", "Diary of a Madman" and "Rome", which express the writer's more mature worldview and literary outlook. Chinese readers are more familiar with "The Jacket" and "Diary of a Madman". Reading under the two major theme frameworks of Petersburg and Little People is more helpful in grasping the writer's view of literary creation. Gogol's three novels form a set of readings, which is conducive to a centralized grasp of Gogol's literary concepts and creative characteristics.

"Mirgrad", first published in 1835, is Gogol's second anthology of novels and the sequel to "Nights in the Countryside". This novel collective includes four works in total: "Old-Style Landlord", "Taras Bulba", "Vi" and "The Story of the Quarrel between Ivan Ivanovich and Ivan Nikiforovich". These works are full of strong folklore flavor, describing the charming scenery and vivid life of Ukraine, and discovering truths that can shock the soul in daily life. Gogol's three novels form a set of readings, which is conducive to a centralized grasp of Gogol's literary concepts and creative characteristics.

Margaret Atwood, the author of "The Handmaid's Tale" and a popular spokesperson for women's writing around the world, looks back on her relationship with science fiction novels throughout her life. She has profound insights and clever analysis, making it a refreshing read. "In Other Worlds: Science Fiction and the Human Imagination" is not a catalog of science fiction, nor a set of grand theories, nor a literary history; it is not a monograph on science fiction, with neither definition nor detailed analysis, nor is it an authoritative canon. It is not the product of years of study by pious scholars, nor is it the guardianship of a body of knowledge by moralists. "It is just an in-depth review of the relationship between one person, that is, 'I', as a reader and a writer, and one or more literary forms and their branch forms throughout her life." Through this book, Margaret Atwood reviews her relationship with science fiction throughout her life, from childhood to her time as a student at Harvard University, and then to her later years as a novelist and critic. These articles have profound insights, clever analysis, and sometimes unexpected humor and cunning. Reading them makes people feel like taking a breath of spring breeze.

A college student fell in love with a girl. The girl said that she would dance with him as long as the college student gave her some red roses, but there were none in the college student's garden. He was troubled, sad, and weeping about it. Only the nightingale on the tree understood him and was willing to sing for him every day, singing about the greatness of love. Finally, the nightingale sang to a rose tree in the moonlight at the cost of its life, pierced its heart on the thorn of the tree, and injected blood into the tree's blood vessels, and a bright red rose grew. The college student gave the red rose he received to the girl, but she dismissed it because the nephew of the palace minister had already given her some precious jewelry. College students lament how stupid love is! So he threw the bloody red rose on the street. He no longer believed in love and devoted himself to the study of philosophy behind closed doors.

This book selects Xu Dishan's famous prose works about social life. Although the era of creation has long become history, the philosophical exploration and persistent pursuit of natural harmony reflected in them are still a beautiful scenery today.

The story of "On Chesil Beach" is set in the subtle early 1960s, when hippies were just beginning to learn debauchery, traditionalists were still strong, and "the era when it was impossible to talk about sexual troubles" had not yet come to an end. Edward and Florence's honeymoon dinner is uneasy, tense and full of misunderstandings. The love on the first night was never made. A whole book of delicate and silky words covers sex and love, but they are separated in their respective bodies and hearts. In the world of this book, he and she can never become one. McEwan's tender sketch looks back on the youthful years through the unique perspective of sexual concepts. It is delicate and gentle but full of power, which is both emotional and long-lasting.

"Eugénie Grandet" is "one of the most outstanding pictures" in "The Human Comedy" by French critical realist novelist Balzac. The novel narrates a story of money destroying human nature and causing family tragedy. It revolves around the central event of Eugenie's love tragedy, and uses three intertwined plot threads to connect the novel: the waves caused by the autocracy within the Grandet family, the open and secret fights between the bankers and notaries outside the family, and the painful life experience of Eugenie's love for Charles Grandet and Charlie's betrayal.

It tells a bizarre story about love and revenge. The owner of Wuthering Heights, squire Mr. Earnshaw, brought back an unidentified child named Heathcliff. Heathcliff usurped the master's favor from Hindley and his sister Catherine. After the death of his master, Hindley demoted Heathcliff to a slave in retaliation and persecuted him in every possible way, but Catherine was close to Heathcliff. Later, Catherine was influenced by the outside world and fell in love with Edgar Linton, a quiet young man from Thrushcross Grange. Heathcliff ran away angrily and returned home three years later when he became rich. Catherine had married Edgar. Heathcliff takes crazy revenge and takes away Hindley's wealth through gambling. Hindley himself died drunk, and his son Hareton became a slave. He also deliberately married Edgar's sister Isabella and then persecuted her. Catherine, who was in great pain, died in childbirth, and her daughter Catherine was born. More than ten years later, Heathcliff tricked Edgar's daughter Catherine into marrying his dying son Linton. Soon Edgar and Xiaolin both died of illness, and Heathcliff finally took Edgar's property as his own. In Wuthering Heights, Hareton and little Catherine gradually fall in love and rebel against Heathcliff. Heathcliff saw the shadows of himself and Catherine in the two of them. His desire for revenge gradually faded, and he finally passed away with the memory of Catherine. Hareton and little Catherine lived happily together, and Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange also restored their former tranquility.

His poetic skills are exquisite and his feelings are broad. "All his poems are written for love." A newly revised edition of W. H. Auden, universally recognized as one of the greatest writers of the 20th century, is translated based on the complete collection of poems that Auden voluntarily retained, and the essence of his works is included. Translated by Ma Mingqian and Cai Haiyan, it won the top ten best books of the year in "Shenzhen Reading Month". Includes new illustrations. From the beginning of his career in 1927 to the return of his soul to the country of poetry in 1973, Auden continued to inject new atmosphere into English poetry for nearly half a century. His works range from politics to religion, from cities to rural areas, and are full of beautiful words. Street conversations can also be incorporated into poetry. This book is translated based on the complete collection of poems that Auden voluntarily retained. It basically includes all the contents of previous editions of Auden's poetry collections, and covers all the poet's later collections of short poems. It can be said that the essence of Auden's poetry has been collected here. This new edition is released, and the translation has been carefully revised by the translator. Looking through the entire book, one can't help but admire the exquisiteness of Auden's poetic skills and the breadth of his feelings, and the ancient Western literary tradition has reappeared in its past glory again and again in his writings.

"Childhood" tells the story that Alyosha's father died of cholera when he was three years old, and his mother took him to live with his grandfather's house. In this family, fathers and sons, brothers, and husbands and wives often quarrel and fight over property and even over trivial matters. My grandfather was moody and had a bad temper. He beat my grandmother fiercely and beat Alyosha unconscious. My grandmother was very kind to Alyosha, telling him legends, fairy tales and folk stories, and she endured all the pressures of life without complaining. The mother was forced to remarry and died of tuberculosis a few years later. After his grandfather went bankrupt, Alyosha was forced to live in the world and began to make a living independently.

"Pride and Prejudice" is a novel written by the British writer Jane Austen. It was originally written in 1796 under the name "First Impression". It was revised and published in 1813 under its current name. The novel is set against the background of middle-class life in rural England from the late 18th century to the early 19th century. It presents the social picture through various stories about the five daughters of the Bennet family and their mother's search for an ideal marriage partner. The work focuses on the emotional entanglement between the second daughter Elizabeth and Darcy: the two had misunderstandings due to pride and prejudice, and gradually eliminated their misunderstandings after experiencing family scandals, property disputes and other incidents, and finally achieved an ideal marriage. Through the profit-based marriage of Charlotte and Collins and the vanity-based union of Lydia and Wickham, the novel clearly opposes the concept of marrying for property, money and status, emphasizing that the sincere feelings between men and women are the cornerstone of marriage. Austen uses irony and delicate dialogue to depict characters. His language style is both humorous and critical, showing the world and human feelings under a conservative social atmosphere. The work has been adapted into movies and TV series many times since its publication.

"The Complete Essays of Montaigne" has a total of 107 chapters and more than 1 million words. It was published in three volumes in France from 1580 to 1588. Since then, the book has never been out of print. "The Complete Essays of Montaigne" is a voluminous volume with extensive quotations, brilliant literary talent and moving eloquence. Together with Bacon's "On Life" and Pascal's "Thoughts" (already included in the "Most Classic English Library"), it is known as the three classics of modern European philosophical prose. Since then, the essay has been established as a literary style. The background of the creation of "The Complete Essays of Montaigne" was during the French Civil War. The cruelty of the religious war deeply hurt Montaigne's heart. The sorrow and pain of the chaos of his family and country ran through the process of writing the essays. However, as a thinker, he tried to maintain a sense of rationality and depth in his creations. He turned his anger into fresh and exciting words. By talking about himself, humanity, and the world, he guided people to understand the true meaning of life contained in the words. The content of Montaigne's essays is complex and roughly focused on three aspects. The first is the author's self-writing and expression. Montaigne advocated pursuing a life of self, and his essays recorded his simple and natural lifestyle, his true appearance, and his personality. In the "Preface", Montaigne made it clear: "Reader, this is a sincere book... I wrote this book purely for my family and myself." "I would rather appear in front of readers in a simple, natural and ordinary manner without making any artificial efforts, because what I depict is myself." Famous "Love Life" is his reflection on the value and meaning of life: "Our life is gifted by nature, and it is extremely superior"; "Seeing that my time in life is limited, the more I want to increase the weight of life." Secondly, the essay records the author's experience and thinking of reading ancient sages, and then questioning human nature. In "On Hermitage", Montaigne explores the true purpose and correct way of hermit life by introducing the poems of Horace, Virgil and others. As a humanist, he emphasizes putting people first and believes that people are the most beautiful existence in the world. He highly admired the wisdom of Socrates and agreed that human wisdom should not be used to destroy oneself. Self-righteousness is the greatest weakness of human beings.

"Insects" accurately records the scientific experiments conducted by Fabre. It is a rigorous scientific work, but it is not obscure and boring. Fabre uses prose and lively writing to reveal many secrets of insect life and living habits, which is really interesting to read. Not only can people gain knowledge and ideas from it, but reading itself is also a unique aesthetic process. As Mr. Lu Xun said, this book is a model for "telling insect stories".

The aristocratic boy and girl Kiyoaki and Satoko are childhood sweethearts. As they get older, the relationship between the partners turns into love between a man and a woman. The two failed to adapt to the changes in emotions, resulting in suspicion and estrangement. It wasn't until Satoko was engaged to the royal family by her parents that the two of them acted in a panic. The love that could have developed naturally and matured turned into a dangerous affair. In a hurry, Satoko becomes pregnant, dragging the family's fate into crisis. In order to protect the family, Satoko had an abortion and became a nun. Qing Xian missed Satoko but couldn't find her, and died of pneumonia. This touching story was originally a rumor in temples in Kyoto and Nara. Mishima created "Spring Snow" based on this rumor. Pure love runs through "elegant taboo" and "blasphemous joy", and in this opposition, beauty is discovered, created, and destroyed. Technically, it blends Japanese classical dynasty novels and modern novel techniques, and has been praised as "comparable to "The Tale of Genji"" and has become the most popular masterpiece to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.

The mortal Beren fell in love with Lúthien, who was born in the immortal elven clan. However, their love was initially unable to get the approval of Lúthien's father, the Elf King Thingol. In order to make Beren quit, Thingol put forward the conditions for marrying Lúthien: Beren must complete a seemingly hopeless task. This mission is the core of the legend, and it prompted Beren and Lúthien to accomplish a supreme heroic feat together: to recapture a Silmarillion from the first Dark Lord, Morgoth, who was more powerful and terrifying than Sauron in later generations. The legend of Beren and Lúthien is one of the most important stories in Middle-earth, the magnificent world created by Professor J. R. R. Tolkien. It ranks among the three major legends in the ancient times of Middle-earth. It is not only an integral part of the grand background of "The Lord of the Rings", but also an indispensable cornerstone of "The Silmarillion". It also has extraordinary significance in the author's own life. A year before his death, J. R. R. Tolkien wrote a letter about his memory of his late wife. He wrote: "She was the source of the story that became the main part of The Silmarillion... But the story went off the rails, I was left behind, and I could not plead before the unforgiving Mandos." In Beren and Luthien, Christopher Tolkien made a new The attempt is to extract the story from the general background and use a series of manuscripts written by the author at different stages of creation to sort out and compare the development of the characters and plots, thereby showing readers the full evolution of the story of Beren and Lúthien over the course of decades.

The music of life composed by insects, ordinary citizens of nature. This is a work about insects written by French entomologist Fabre based on his lifelong experience and achievements in insect research. He observes the nature of insects with human nature, and uses a prose style to truly record the instincts, habits, labor, fertility, death, etc. Of various insects in the book. It is permeated with the author's care and awe for life, and reflects the author's meticulous and tireless scientific exploration spirit.

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

This book selects five of Shakespeare's most popular comedies: "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "The Merchant of Venice", "The Wind and Shadow", "The Merry Wives of Windsor" and "The Tempest". Shakespeare's comedic achievements are as remarkable as his tragedies. He used the optimistic spirit of humanists during the Renaissance as the keynote of his comedy creation. In his works, he clearly expressed humanist ideas such as the liberation of individuality, love for real life, and praise of true love. At the same time, he used laughter as a weapon to ruthlessly satirize various feudal and conservative forces that hindered social development. With his profound skills, the author has portrayed many unforgettable characters in a series of comedy works, especially Shylock and Falstaff, who have long become a model among models and a model of comedy character portrayal.

Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck's famous work "Pancake Flat" is Steinbeck's early work. It was published in 1935 and tells the story of a group of homeless people enjoying life after World War I. This was Steinbeck's first major success, and he began to attract critical attention. It was also from this work that Steinbeck firmly reflected life, portrayed characters, and described the lives of people in the middle and lower classes of society in a delicate style. "Jianbingping" highlights the carefree mood of the homeless people and praises their simplicity and simplicity in extreme poverty. They do not yearn for wealth and hate "the pressure of having property on their backs." All this is in sharp contrast to the greed-ridden capitalist society. When some readers criticized the hobos as an eccentric bunch, Steinbeck responded: "They are people I know and like, good and honest people."

This book is the representative work of Flaubert, the French critical realist novelist. It tells the story of Emma, ​​a peasant girl who received an aristocratic education. She looked down on her husband Bovary, a rural doctor, and dreamed of a legendary love. However, her two affairs not only failed to bring her happiness, but also made her an object of exploitation by loan sharks. In the end, she accumulated so much debt that she had no choice but to commit suicide by taking poison. With a seemingly indifferent attitude, Flaubert very "objectively" revealed the causes and consequences that led to this tragedy, and stated the responsibility that society cannot shirk.

"Culture does not create people, people create culture." "I have made a choice and will no longer feel guilty about my femininity." In 2012, Adichie was invited by TED to give a speech on feminism, which quickly became popular around the world. "We Should All Be Feminists" is a revised version of this speech. Are feminists unhappy people? A man hater? People who don't like wearing lip gloss and high heels? Starting from her own experience, Adichie corrected some of the stereotypes carried by the word "feminist"; she used a feminist perspective to cut into the life we ​​are accustomed to and tell the common difficulties encountered by women; she borrowed a series of short stories she had personally experienced and witnessed in Nigeria and the United States to highlight the gender bias in the culture and inspire people to work together to build a more gender-equal future.