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"As I Lay Dying" is the representative work of the American writer Faulkner published in 1930 and one of the important novels of the "Yoknapatawpha Lineage". It tells the story of Bundren, a farmer in the southern United States, who led his family to transport his wife's body back to his hometown for burial in order to keep his promise to his wife. The novel is completely composed of fifty-nine inner monologues of the Bundren family, neighbors and related personnel. The story is told from multiple perspectives. It is another masterpiece of the author's use of multi-perspective narrative methods and stream-of-consciousness methods.

"Thirteen Pieces" is the first collection of short stories written and published by the famous American writer William Faulkner. It was first published by Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith in the United States in 1931 and was later republished by Penguin Random House. Faulkner dedicated the book to his eldest daughter, Alabama, who died nine days after her birth on January 11, 1931, and his wife Estelle. Nowadays, the book "Thirteen Chapters" is no longer printed and published separately and has become a collection. "Thirteen Parts" is divided into three parts. The first part mainly writes about the experiences and mental difficulties of soldiers on the European battlefield during World War I; the background of the second part is Faulkner's classic creation; the story of the third part moves to southern France and Italy.

"The Sound and the Fury" is a classic work by the famous American writer Faulkner. The title of the book comes from Macbeth's famous lines in Act 5, Scene 5 of Shakespeare's tragedy "Macbeth": "Life is like a dream, full of noise and commotion, but meaningless." The novel tells the story of the family tragedy of the Compson family, a declining landowner in the South. The whole book revolves around Katie's fall through the inner monologues of these three sons. Old Compson was idle and addicted to drinking and drinking. His wife is selfish, cruel, and resentful. The eldest son, Quentin, desperately clung to the so-called old traditions of the South. His sister Katie was so romantic that she insulted her status as a southern lady and was so filled with love and hate that he committed suicide by drowning. The second son Jason is cold and greedy, while the third son Benji is an idiot. At the age of thirty-three, he only has the intelligence of a three-year-old child.

Defoe, a famous British novelist, "The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe" is his masterpiece. 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.

This book is a collection of two of the most sincere masterpieces by the famous British writer Dickens. "Oliver Twist" is a realistic novel. The novel is set in foggy London and tells the tragic life and experiences of orphan Oliver. He grew up in an orphanage, experienced an apprenticeship, escaped with difficulty, and was forced to work with vicious thieves after accidentally falling into a den of thieves. After going through many hardships, he finally found out his life experience and gained happiness with the help of kind people. "Great Expectations" tells the story of orphan Pip who has lived with his sister and brother-in-law since he was a child. His brother-in-law has always been very kind to him. An unexpected fortune enabled him to go to London and enter high society. In pursuit of his "Great Future", he slowly lost his ability to judge right from wrong. Fortunately, in the end he realized his mistake and understood how to pursue his own happiness.

"Sense and Sensibility" is one of Jane Austen's most humorous works. It mainly tells the story of the complicated love and marriage of two sisters, Elinor and Mellie, who live in a British squire family. The elder sister Elilo is good at controlling emotions with reason, while the younger sister Melia is full of fantasies about love. Therefore, when they face love, they have completely different reactions. Through this humorous comparison of "reason and emotion", the novel raises the issue of moral and behavioral norms, which is thought-provoking. "Sense and Sensibility" and the author's other masterpiece "Pride and Prejudice" can be called companion works, and have been adapted to the big screen many times.

"The Pickwick Papers" is a famous work by Dickens, the most important British writer in the 19th century. It is a work in the genre of a picaresque novel. The whole book describes the social life and customs of the British urban and rural areas at that time through a series of encounters experienced by Pickwick and his three friends during their travels. This book is one of Dickens's most important and representative works. Since its publication, it has been welcomed by readers from all over the world and has become an indisputable classic of world literature.

In "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", Huckleberry is a smart, kind and brave white boy. He fled to the Mississippi River in pursuit of a free life. On the way to escape, he met Jim, a black slave. Jim was a hard-working, simple, enthusiastic, honest, and loyal black slave. In order to escape the fate of being sold again by his master, he ran away from his master's home. They drifted together on the Mississippi River and lived a free life. The two became good friends. Huckleberry went through all kinds of hardships for Jim's freedom, and finally learned that Jim's master had liberated him in his will.

"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, struggled to escape, and strayed into a den of thieves. He 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's other novels, this book exposes many social problems of the time, such as workhouses, child labor, and gangs absorbing young people into crime.

[Douban 9.0 High score classic, the masterpiece of 1949 Nobel Prize writer William Faulkner! Marquez said "Faulkner is my spiritual mentor", Yu Hua said "Faulkner is my master", Faulkner is eternal! A ten-day funeral adventure, with 59 character monologues, grasping the unfinished moment before death, and seeing one's own destiny in the suffering of others. "As I Lay Dying" is the representative work of the 1949 Nobel Prize-winning writer William Faulkner. The novel is composed of 59 inner monologues and tells from multiple perspectives the "hard journey" of Bundren, a farmer in the southern United States, who, in order to keep his promise to his wife Addie, led his family to transport Addie's body back to his hometown for burial: the flood almost washed away the coffin, the mule pulling the cart was drowned, the fire almost incinerated the body, some of the children lost a foot, some were in jail, and some lost their beloved horses... It can be called a ten-day funeral adventure. This family is suspicious of each other, does not understand each other, and lives in sorrow. However, it is this family that, facing their fate, resolutely chooses to travel a long distance to complete their mission. They are like this, and so are every one of us. In the wilderness of life, suffering and confrontation go hand in hand. This book presents our past, present and future difficulties and destiny. It is an epic of destiny that "human beings can endure hardships and hardships, and will eventually overcome them."

"Pride and Prejudice" is Jane Austen's masterpiece. This work uses daily life as the material. It goes against the content and artificial writing methods of sentimental novels that were popular in the society at that time. It vividly reflects the conservative and closed-off British rural life and world conditions from the end of the 18th century to the beginning of the 19th century. This social style novel not only attracted a large number of readers at the time, but also provides readers with unique artistic enjoyment today. This book has been adapted into movies many times.

Mr. Bennett had five precious daughters, and Mrs. Bennett was worried about their marriage. The new neighbor Bingley is rich and handsome. At a dance, he falls in love at first sight with Jane, the beautiful eldest daughter of the Bennett family. Also attending the ball was Bingley's good friend Darcy, who was handsome and noble, but was arrogant and thought that none of them were worthy of being his dance partners, including Jane's sister Elizabeth. Elizabeth, who has a strong self-esteem, overheard Darcy's comments about her and felt disgusted. However, she didn't know that through unexpected experiences, Daxi had fallen in love with her silently. The famous British literary writer and critic Keble commented that "Jane Austen is a comic artist" and believed that she was "second only to Shakespeare in terms of pure comic art."

"Sense and Sensibility" is Jane Austen's humorous debut novel. Two sisters, Enoli and Mariana, were born into an English country squire family. The elder sister is good at controlling her emotions with reason, but the younger sister's emotions are uncontrolled. Therefore, when facing love, they react differently... The novel takes the twists and turns of the marriage of the two heroines as the main line, and raises the issue of moral and behavioral norms through the humorous comparison of "reason and emotion". This book and the author's "Pride and Prejudice" can be called companion works. They also use delicate writing and vivid dialogue to tell the story of a girl without a wealthy dowry falling in love and getting married.

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"The Buddenbrooks" (1901) is the masterpiece of the German writer Thomas Mann's novel. This great family novel chronicles the rise and fall of four generations of the Buddenbrooks, a prominent family in Lübeck, from 1835 to 1877. This book has a strong autobiographical flavor and is based on the rise and fall of the Mann family. It depicts reality to the last detail and can be called an epic masterpiece that reflects the social reality of Germany in the 19th century. The tragic tone and elegant and delicate style throughout the book have made it praised by Chinese readers as the "German Dream of Red Mansions". Mr. Fu Weici's translation is elegant and fluent. In 1962, this book was included in the "Classical Grid Edition" of the Humanities Society. For this inclusion in the "New Grid Edition", Professor Huang Liaoyu, an expert on Thomas Mann, was invited to re-write the preface to the translation.

After witnessing the sacrifice of his closest comrade to save himself, young Larry chose to leave the established life track, rejecting a bright future and a beautiful fiancée, and began a long journey of exploring the meaning of life wholeheartedly... In the cold and objective narration that praises and criticizes self-evidently, everything is revealed. Each character gets what they want: Elliot gets prestige; Isabel gets a solid position in a well-educated social group; Gray gets a well-paying, stable job; Susanna gets security; Sophie gets death; and Larry gets happiness. A person's life is like climbing on a knife's edge. At the end of the day, maybe we can get a glimpse of the clues.

When Goethe was young, he fell passionately in love with the beautiful girl Lotte, and the two fell in love with each other. However, the girl was already married and could not accept this love; he had to leave sadly. This unusual experience prompted Goethe to write the immortal masterpiece "The Sorrows of Young Werther" based on Lotte, which shocked generations of young people. After 44 years of separation from Goethe, Lotte and her daughter came to Weimar. The small town that had brought her joy and pain suddenly became excited, and people flocked to see Goethe's former sweetheart. However, the elderly Goethe was very indifferent to Lotte and did not want to recall the past too much. This made Lotte very unhappy and she could not leave the house for several weeks. One day Goethe invited her to watch a play, and the two of them were riding in a carriage on the way home. This scene seemed familiar, and it reminded them of the past. They both confided to each other about their situations over the years, and their nostalgia for the past was beyond words. The novel reproduces the passionate love between the hero and heroine and the colorful social scene at that time; it is considered to be a supplement and continuation of "The Sorrows of Young Werther".

1. Natsume Soseki, the master of Japanese literature, used his sophisticated writing skills to create a cat who is cold-eyed and fond of complaining. The story is interesting and thought-provoking, suitable for ordinary readers. 2. The world is as unpredictable as a cat's eyes. This book can allow current readers to understand how Natsume Soseki, once known as Japan's "national master", observed and thought.

This book mainly tells the story of childless Jane Merrick, who summoned three nieces she had never met before, Beth, Louise and Patsy, in order to choose an heir to her inheritance that she was satisfied with. In the book, three nieces with completely different personalities came to Aunt Jane's house with different purposes. Some had the attitude that they must win, some had the idea of ​​doing their best, and some had no intention of accepting it at all. When one of the nieces is accidentally injured, the love deep within all the children drives away their selfishness. They took good care of the little sisters. At this time, the three young girls were united.

Grandet, a typical miser, "talks about the ability to manage money... He is a tiger, a python: he will lie there, squat there, look at the prisoner for a long time, then pounce on him, open his bloody money bag, and pour in a lot of gold and silver..." He symbolizes the God of modern people, the God of Wealth with boundless power and ruthlessness. In order to make big money, he exploits outsiders! To save a little money, he was mean to his family. His last words before his death were to tell his daughter to guard his property and give him an account in the next world. However, the 20 million he had saved in his life did not help his daughter's fate. The shackles of gold and unfortunate love contributed to the double tragedy of Eugenie Grandet. Among Balzac's novels, this is one of the most classically structured works. The article is concise, elegant and natural, and can be regarded as the simplest epic.

The novel shaped the diverse living conditions of people at the bottom and upper class of society during the Franco-Prussian War. It ruthlessly exposed and criticized the vanity, greed, selfishness, hypocrisy and other characteristics of the small citizens. It is a classic masterpiece of French realist literature in the 19th century. The style of the book is cool and playful, the characters are vividly depicted, and his outstanding artistic talent makes him known as the world's short story master together with Chekhov and O. Henry.

"Aunt Bei" is a novel written by French writer Balzac in his later years. The story takes place in Paris in 1838 and revolves around the fate of Baron Hulot de Hervé and his family. The Baron had served as a military auditor and director of munitions in the republican era. Now he was the head of one of the most important departments of the War Department, and was also a counselor of state. He was awarded the second class of the Legion of Honor. The novel describes how, driven by crazy passion that lost his reason and morality, he gradually ruined the reputation of his family and the honor of the army, embarked on the criminal path of speculation, fraud, and embezzled military funds, and finally lost his reputation. There are three volumes in this book, and this volume is the third. This book is a public edition, compiled by China Edition Group Digital Media Co., Ltd., And is not an imported edition.

This book contains many short stories by Maupassant. Most of the protagonists in the stories told by Maupassant are minor characters. These characters constitute the main body of French society, and the stories that happen around them constitute all aspects of secular society. Many of his works, such as "The Necklace" and "My Uncle Jules", have become world famous. Maupassant's short stories are a model of natural storytelling and a model of secular stories ascending to the classics.

"The Imperial Envoy" is Gogol's masterpiece, which marks the beginning of the mature stage of Russian realist drama creation. The novel describes the playboy Khlestakov who lost everything in a bet and was at a loss. When he was passing through a city in another province from Petersburg, he was mistaken for an "imperial envoy", causing panic among the local officials and making many jokes. It fully exposed the bureaucrats' tendency to flatter others, take bribes, and engage in personal malpractice, thereby exposing the darkness, decadence, and absurdity of serfdom-based Russian society.

This book is a diary-style novel. The whole book is told in the voice of the protagonist Amway, from the first day of the fourth grade in October to July of the following year, his experiences and ideological activities in and outside the school. It also intersperses with many admonishing articles written by his parents for him, as well as touching stories read out by teachers in class every month.

"Confessions" was written in Rousseau's tragic old age. It is an autobiographical work that defends his existence when he is surrounded by enemies on all sides. In the book, Rousseau, with a candid attitude and deep introspection, narrates his life experience of more than 50 years from his birth to his departure from St. Pierre Island in 1766, and tells all his thoughts and feelings. It's called Confession, but it's actually a work of accusation. The book records his fifty-year life experience from birth to the time he was forced to leave St. Pierre Island, recounts his tragic experience of being dependent on others as a child, denounces the injustices in life, and sympathizes with ordinary little people. When looking back on the past, the little things in life that violate moral conscience are readily apparent. "Confessions" tells all his thoughts and feelings, analyzing his behavior and inner world. "Confessions" has a delicate and ingenious conception, rich ideological content, vivid characters, and a light and refined writing style with a sense of music.

This book tells the story of the protagonist John Christopher's struggle in a society full of vulgarity and strife. From the awakening of his musical talent in childhood, to his contempt and resistance to the powerful in his youth, to his career pursuit and success as an adult, he finally reaches a state of clarity and loftiness, revealing the dawn of another world.

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"Sense and Sensibility" is Jane Austen's first novel. The first draft was the epistolary novel "Eleanor and Marianne" written in 1796. It was later rewritten into "Sense and Sensibility" in November 1797. For more than ten years, "Sense and Sensibility" became silent. It was not until March 1811 that Austen revealed in a letter that she was in London looking at the proofs of the book. The book was published on October 30 of that year. The novel revolves around the mate selection activities of the two heroines, focusing on revealing the unhealthy trend in British society at that time of using marriage as a way for women to seek economic security and improve their economic status, as well as the ugly fashion of focusing on family status regardless of women's feelings and human rights. Both heroines in the novel pursue equal communication and exchange of thoughts and feelings with men, demand equal rights in social status, and insist on independent observation, analysis, and freedom to choose men. In Britain at the time, this was almost a cry of defiance. As the title of the book reflects, the story focuses on the conflict between "reason" and "emotion". The heroine Eleanor is both emotional and rational, which represents the author's ideal on this issue, that is, people cannot be without emotions, but emotions should be restricted by reason.

This book is a collection of short stories adapted from a story told by Baron Münchhausen in Hannover, Germany in the 18th century, and later re-created by a German writer. It is a work somewhere between a fairy tale and a fantasy story. The book tells that the Baron is a happy adventurer and a braggart. He can use the sparks in his eyes to hunt pheasants, fly on a cannonball, dance in the stomach of a whale, travel to the moon in a boat, and more. The stories in the book are absurd, humorous, and the exaggerated plots and rich imagination make people unbelievable but also imaginative.

"Uncle Bangs" is Balzac's masterpiece and is known as the "highest peak of his art". Uncle Bangs lived in poverty and lacked understanding of real life, but he was full of sincere love for art. He loved collecting antiques throughout his life and did not hesitate to spend money for it. However, the reality is full of conspiracies. Poor Bangs suffered from mental torture and eventually died of poverty and illness. Through Uncle Bangs, Balzac vividly presents to us the greatness and nobility of mankind, as well as the humbleness, ugliness and filth of mankind.

Robinson, who was born in a middle-class family, was unwilling to live a comfortable life and decided to go to sea to seek excitement. He was unfortunately in danger during a voyage and drifted to an uninhabited island, where he survived tenaciously for 28 years. During these 28 years, he experienced despair and regained hope and faith, making use of existing resources to invent and survive in difficult situations. He built a "country house" for himself, drank delicious mutton soup, and ate the baked bread that he dreamed of. After going through many hardships, he finally returned to his homeland.

"I am a Cat" is a masterpiece of novels by the great Japanese writer Natsume Soseki. The novel takes an unnamed cat as the protagonist. The cat has seen through human nature. From the cat's perspective and responsibility, it writes about its owner and a series of strange people and things surrounding the owner's family. The writing style of the novel is humorous, funny and spicy, and very interesting. The wisdom of cats contrasts with the stupidity of humans. The owner of the house, Kusama, is a university teacher, but in fact he is pedantic and self-proclaimed, and can only write some incomprehensible poems; Mizushima Kanzuki is a metaphysical science and engineering man who studies topics of no practical significance all day long; the scholar Mi Ting is well versed in Chinese and Western knowledge, humorous, and loves to ridicule; Duxian is an idealist with an impassioned spirit. Even the capitalist Kaneda and his philistine big-nosed lady, and Suzuki Tojuro, who works for Kaneda at his door, are all brought to life.

This book is the representative work of the Japanese literary master Natsume Soseki and has always been regarded as one of the world's masterpieces. The novel observes Japanese society after the Meiji Restoration through the eyes of a cat. It uses humorous and pungent language to ridicule and criticize the inherent weaknesses of human beings and the social ills of the world of money. It also quotes a lot of famous sayings from ancient and modern philosophers from the East and the West. It is full of wit and literary talent, and it is full of laughter and curses. The language of the work is a mixture of classics and slang, which can be appreciated by both refined and popular people. When reading it, one can't help but marvel in laughter.

"New Héloïse" is an epistolary novel written by Rousseau in 1761 and is known as the most important novel of the 18th century. The book is divided into six parts. The plot of the novel is from 1732 to 1745 and consists of 163 letters. The title of the book is borrowed from the love tragedy of the 12th century girl Heloise and her teacher Abelard. The novel tells the story of the love tragedy of the heroine Julie and her teacher Saint-Preux who fell in love but failed to do so. This book is the first novel in the history of French literature that praises love as a noble sentiment of human beings and describes the beautiful scenery of nature. It had a huge influence on subsequent French literature.

"Beautiful Friend" exposes the shady story of the press of the Third French Republic through the description of the rise to prominence of a shameless villain, Duroy. It profoundly reveals the complex political and economic phenomena and colonialist war policies of the Third French Republic, and can be called a historical picture of French society at the end of the 19th century.

"Bringing Humor to Life" is a collection of essays, travel notes and other works by Guan Renshan. It contains more than 80 essays and essays of various types since the author became famous. It includes the author's debut novel "My Reed Flower Pond", which was first published in newspapers, as well as representative works such as "Fish Flying Over My Head" and "Enjoying the Fun of Childhood" which tell the author's childhood memories. These works focus on the author's life, work and creative experience, and describe family, friendship, love and other life stories around him. They are close to life, have diverse themes, and have high literary attainments and value.

At this time when "sissy" is popular, for teenagers to read this book and understand Paul, it is a "baptism of the soul" for themselves. This book is divided into two parts, telling the story of the protagonist Paul's glorious life that continues to grow in the flames of war. After the novel was published, it was translated into many languages ​​and received strong international response. In 1941, the book had a Chinese translation. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, it was recommended by the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League as an excellent reading book for young people. The whole novel or fragments were selected as university and middle school textbooks. This book is one of our company's "nationally compiled Chinese textbooks and classics reading ability development series".

The "extraordinary periods" described in the novel include the First World War, the February and October revolutions, the civil war, the struggle against sabotage, banditry and petty bourgeoisie, the fight back against party opposition, and the industrialization stage of the country. These events formed the characters and psychology of the protagonists in the book, and also had a significant impact on the fate of these people who were forming new social relationships.

"Blade", Maugham's long work narrated under his real name, once created a miracle of selling 500,000 copies in one month of publication in the United States. It has been adapted into movies twice and has been nominated for multiple Oscars. Marquez, Haruki Murakami, Zhang Ailing, and Wang Anyi moved to recommend. Reader's Classic Library has a new hardcover illustrated edition of "Blade", which specially includes "The Story Behind "Blade" (Maugham's 1938 Travel Notes in India)" to help you truly understand "Blade". Specially included are 6 representative paintings by Nicholas Roerich, a Russian theosophist living in India, to show you the highest spiritual realm described by Somerset Maugham. It is not easy to cross the edge of the knife, so wise men often say that the road to salvation is difficult. --"Ghatto Upanishad" During a battle, the young pilot Larry saw his friend die trying to save him. The death of his friend caused Larry to rethink the meaning of life. He left his fiancée, refused a decent job, and began to travel around the world, embarking on a path of pursuit...

"The Moon and Sixpence" is one of the most important novel masterpieces by the famous British writer and "story master" Maugham. The British painter in the novel is based on the French post-Impressionist master Paul Gauguin. The protagonist was originally a successful securities broker, but became obsessed with painting after reaching middle age. He suddenly abandoned his home and went to Paris to pursue the ideal of painting. He finally chose to abandon the civilized world and fled to the isolated island of Tahiti in the South Pacific. There he finally found the tranquility of his soul and the atmosphere suitable for his artistic temperament, and created one artistic masterpiece after another that shocked later generations. Through the life experiences of such a geek who devoted himself to the pursuit of art and was ignorant of the world, Maugham deeply explored the origin and essence of art, the relationship between personality and genius, as well as the contradictions and interactions between artists and society, art and life, and other thought-provoking issues. This book contains a total of 25 illustrations drawn by the famous American illustrator Frederick Steele and works by Gauguin himself, which is of great collection value.

"Carousel" was first published in 1905. It is Maugham's masterpiece of early novels. It has an exquisite structure and shows the complex relationship between love and reason through a charming trio of stories. Through the protagonist's eyes, readers witness the short but happy marriage of a dying poet, a woman's unethical love for a shameless man, and a noble man's efforts to practice virtue to the extreme.

"Wuthering Heights" is an undoubted classic in the history of world literature. The strong local realistic features in the novel contain the power of original creation; with the help of deconstructed language and unreliable narrator, Emily makes us reflect on whether language can express the truth; the fiery and extreme love between Catherine and Heathcliff and the diverse and repeated symbolic images in the novel that do not provide a single meaning constitute a strong reading attraction.

The story takes place in Wuthering Heights, an almost isolated village in northern England. The abandoned child Heathcliff is adopted by Mr. Earnshaw, the owner of Wuthering Heights, and falls in love with his little daughter Catherine. But Catherine finally abandoned Heathcliff because of her social status and accepted the proposal of Linton, the heir of Thrushcross Grange. This decision directly caused Heathcliff to leave in anger. A few years later, Heathcliff returned home in fine clothes, and his revenge began. He wants to take the most violent revenge on those who took away his love and happiness...

Published in 1922, this book was the beginning of Woolf's use of stream-of-consciousness techniques and was regarded as the prelude to a series of subsequent masterpieces. The novel is set in England. From a female perspective, it uses scenes and fragments full of symbolic meaning to outline the short life of a sensitive young man, Jacob Flanders: childhood at the seaside, studying in Cambridge, love experience in London, traveling in Greece, and finally dying in the war. With this book, Woolf's reputation as a novelist was further recognized, and her creative characteristics of downplaying plot and action and focusing on the inner world of her characters began to attract people's attention.

"Music" is a novel in the form of notes written by Yukio Mishima. In the article, psychoanalyst Kazujun Shiomi narrates in the first person the treatment process of Reiko, a female patient with anorgasmia. It is an excellent work that combines psychological analysis and suspense reasoning. It is full of suspense like a mystery novel and uses psychoanalytic theory to reveal the labyrinth of human nature. The so-called sacred and filthy are similar in the sense of "inaccessible".

The young Dongzi had her uterus removed due to surgery, and since then she has been burdened with the ideological burden of no longer being a woman. Faced with the persistent and passionate pursuit of her admirer, she could not bear to be harmed and could only refuse; faced with the resurgence of old love, she could not let go and could only conceal it; faced with the entanglement of homosexuality, she was at a loss and allowed herself to be manipulated... What made her finally overcome the psychological barrier and find herself again?

"Pape Satanaleppe: Chronicle of a Mobile Society" is the last work of Umberto Eco. It was published in Italy a week after Eco's death. It collects articles in the "Express" column that are closely related to the current society. It is Eco's observation and thinking about all social phenomena in the last 15 years of his life. It is wild and interesting. In addition to wise thinking and sharp judgment, there are also many subtle moments of self-knowledge, like the blink of an eye in confusion. "Pape Satan Areppe" comes from a vague words spoken by Pluto, the God of the Underworld, in the seventh song of Dante's "Divine Comedy: Inferno". It has no precise meaning, but it reminds people of all kinds of strange and weird things, which fits the wild and imaginative topics contained in this book. The subtitle "Chronicle of a Mobile Society" points out Umberto Eco's reflections and evaluation of today's society. In a mobile society, there is no solid thing as a support. It is a society that has lost all values ​​and references and has no sense of belonging.

"The Maine Woods" (1864), the main text and appendices total about 252,000 words, including 897 notes, about 55,000 words, divided into four parts: "Cothardtine Mountain", "Chisencook Lake", "Allagash and the East Branch" and "Appendices". This book details Thoreau's three visits to the Maine woodlands, but it is by no means a simple travelogue. Instead, it uses beautiful writing to describe the journey of a seeker who is keen on exploring and discovering nature and understanding himself. The book contains vivid descriptions of the majestic scenery of the Maine forest, interesting descriptions of the lives of pioneers and native Indians, and profound reflections on the way humans and nature get along, pioneering environmentalism. The author humbly sought advice from the Indian guides and objectively analyzed the shortcomings and advantages of the "civilized" and "primitive" lifestyles. At the back of the book is a list of Maine woodland flora and fauna and an Indian glossary, which proves that the author's love for nature and Indian culture is not the product of superficial interest, but is based on a deep understanding. U. S. President Theodore Roosevelt was deeply influenced by this book when he was young, and he went to climb the mountains that Thoreau climbed during his journey. This book is planned to be included in the "Chinese Translation of World Literature Masterpieces" series.

On the Thames River at dusk, Marlowe told his crew friends about his experience of driving a steamboat up the Congo River in Africa to rescue a legendary explorer named Kurtz deep in the jungle. Along the way, he witnessed the desolate and primitive scenes of the African land, and also witnessed the various atrocities committed by the colonists against black laborers; when the mysterious white fog cleared, the steamboat encountered a sudden attack by a savage tribe. What kind of unknown and thrilling stories are hidden in the silent primitive jungle? What kind of shock did Kurtz's last words bring to Marlowe? All the answers lie in "Heart of Darkness".